Section 20 — Punishment for illegally detaining person authorised to detain vessel.

Where any vessel, after detention or order for such detention proceeds to sea with any person authorised to detain any vessel on board before it is released, the licensee or agent of such vessel shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine upto one lakh rupees and all expenses of, and incidental to, such person being so taken to sea, or with both, and the vessel shall also be liable for detention under section 29.

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