This section covers exhibition of false light, mark or buoy in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy. Whoever exhibits any false light, mark or buoy, intending or knowing it to be likely that such exhibition will mislead any navigator, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and with fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees.
What was the old IPC code for Section 283 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, exhibition of false light, mark or buoy was covered in S. 281*.