Whoever commits mischief by destroying or moving any lighthouse or other light used as a sea-mark, or any sea-mark or buoy or other thing placed as a guide for navigators, or by any act which renders any such lighthouse, sea-mark, buoy, or other such thing as aforesaid less useful as a guide for navigators, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, or with fine, or with both.
Section history
Section 433 — Mischief by destroying or moving or rendering less useful a lighthouse or sea-mark
As in force on 21 November 2010.
Timeline 3 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 21 November 2010 You are here
- 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
- 17 August 2026 Latest
[Indian PC 1860, s. 433]