BNS Section 273-Disobedience to quarantine rule.

Whoever knowingly disobeys any rule made by the Government for putting any mode of transport into a state of quarantine, or for regulating the intercourse of any such transport in a state of quarantine or for regulating the intercourse between places where an infectious disease prevails and other places, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

[Old Corresponding Section: Section 271 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860]