Section 165 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Deserter
concealed on
board
merchant
vessel through
negligence of
master

165. The master or person in charge of a merchant vessel, on board of which any
     deserter from the Army, Navy or Air Force of the Government of India is concealed, shall,
     though ignorant of such concealment, be liable to a penalty not exceeding three thousand
     rupees, if he might have known of such concealment but for some neglect of his duty as such
     master or person in charge, or but for some want of discipline on board of the vessel.