Section 273.   Disobedience to quarantine rule.

Whoever knowingly disobeys any rule made by the
Government for putting any mode of transport into a state of quarantine, or for regulating the intercourse
of any such transport in a state of quarantine or for regulating the intercourse between places where an
infectious disease prevails and other places, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.