section 6
Penalty for misbehaviour of licensed pilgrim-broker
The Protection of Pilgrims Act, 1887General188718 sections
Statutory text
Any licensed pilgrim-broker who shall—
- (a) commit a breach of any of the terms or conditions of his licence;
- (b) purchase for or sell to any pilgrim a passage-ticket by any vessel to which the provisions of the Pilgrim Ships Act, 1895, apply, at any time before notice has been given by the master, owner or agent of such vessel, under section 8 of the said Act, of the date on which it is proposed that such vessel shall sail, and unless, in the case of any vessel, the proposed date of sailing is printed on the passage-ticket;
- (c) charge a pilgrim more than the cost price of any passage-ticket, provisions or other articles purchased for him, or receive from him any fee or commission on account of such ticket;
- (d) receive from the master, owner or agent of a vessel any fee or commission in respect of the sale of any ticket, exceeding five per centum of the price of such ticket;
- (e) purchase for any pilgrim a passage-ticket, on which there is not printed the price charged by the master, owner or agent of the vessel for each class of accommodation;
- (f) by fraud or by false representation as to the size of, or accommodation, on board, such vessels, or otherwise, or by any false pretence whatever, induce any person to purchase a passage-ticket; shall be liable for each such offence to a fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
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