This section covers negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.
Whoever unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 271 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life was covered in S. 269.