The Navy Act, 1957 167Chapter XVII · Offences in Relation to Courts-martial, Disciplinary Courts and Prisons
Section 167 · Penalty as regards gaolers, etc
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Every governor, gaoler, and keeper of any prison, gaol, or
house of correction or of any naval detention quarters, and every person having the charge of command of
any place, ship, or vessel for imprisonment, who shall without lawful excuse, refuse or neglect to receive
or confine, remove, discharge, or deliver up any offender against the provisions of this Act, or any of
them, shall incur for every such refusal or neglect a penalty not exceeding one thousand rupees and every
such penalty shall be applied as the Central Government may direct notwithstanding any law, charter, or
custom to the contrary.
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