CHAPTER XIII - OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing.

Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.

Fraudulent use of false weight or measure.

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Being in possession of false weight or measures for fraudulent use.

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Making or selling false weights or measures for fraudulent use.

Ditto

Ditto

CHAPTER XIV - OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY,
CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS

Negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine, or both.

Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life.

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both.

Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious.

Imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious.

Ditto

Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lesson its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious.

Ditto

Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated.

Ditto

Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation.

Ditto

Defiling the water of a public spring or reservoir.

Imprisonment for 3 months, of fine of 500 rupees, or both.

Making atmosphere noxious to health.

Fine of 500 rupees

Driving or riding on a public way so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, etc.

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Navigating any vessel so rashly negligently as to endanger human life, etc.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy.

Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both.

Conveying for hire any person by water, in a vessel in such a state or so loaded, as to endanger his life.

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or, both.

Causing danger, obstruction or, injury in any public way or line of navigation.

Fine of 200 rupees

Dealing with any poisonous substance so as to endanger human life, etc.

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both.

Dealing with fire or any combustible matter so as to endanger human life, etc.

Ditto

So dealing with any explosive substance.

Ditto

So dealing with any machinery

Ditto

A person omitting to guard against probable danger to human life by the fall of any building over which he has a right entitling him to pull it down or repair it.

Ditto

A person omitting to take order with any animal in his possession, so as to guard against danger to human life, or of grievous hurt, from such animal.

Ditto

Committing a public nuisance

Fine of 200 rupees

Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.

On first conviction, with imprisonment for 2 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and, in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for five years and with fine of 5,000 rupees.

Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young persons.

Obscene songs

Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine, or both.

Keeping a lottery office

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both.

Publishing proposals relating to lotteries.

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