BNS Section 283: Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
Equivalent Legacy Law: IPC Section 281
Procedural Classification Summary
Exhibition of a false light
Bailable: Bailable (Bail is a legal right — granted at police station)
Cognizable: Cognizable (Police can arrest without warrant)
Triable by: Magistrate of the first class
Punishment: Imprisonment for 7 years,mark or buoy.and fine which shall notclass. be less than 10,000 rupees
Official Legal Provision / Summary
Fine is added as punishment in addition to imprisonment rupees ten thousand is fixed as lower limit of fine. Word “and” has replaced “or”.