The Indian Emigration Act 1871, 7 of 1871, (Rep., Act 21 of 1883)

Section 41. (I). KO

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

41. (I). KO e .i I J i f 1 i i . !i accomn~odn1 (1). No certifina,tr? iln.dcr section forty sl.~.a,ll tionreqnired b~ gra,nted, unless there be provided for tlie cmionboard. glxauLs, either bet~veen clcclts or in cabins 017. the ul>p:l. deck firmly secured and entirely covered .in, a s]-)a:ce devoted to their exclusive use. Such cabins a1.Pc1 space between decks shall in every part have a heiglit of not less than five feet and a half. (2). No compartment shall take more than one adult emigrant for every t,welve superficial feet 011 deck, and for every cubic space of seventy-two feet, or more tharl one child T T T ~ O lias colnpleted two aiicl has not completecl tell years of age for every eiglit superficial feet on deck. (3).[A ][distinct and separate place slia,ll bc fitted up ] for a hospital in every emigrant ~:esscl. (4). TVoliien and children shall. occupy a coiupartment of the vessel clistj.nct a.i?cl separate from the connl?artments of the single men. An emigrant above the age of ten years `(6.` sha.11, for the purposes of this Act, count as a'n adult, and two cllildren froni one to ten years of age shall count as one adult.

Source: India Code