(1) If any 1[special trade
passenger] from a ship which is on a voyage from any port or place in India finds himself without any
neglect or default of his own at any port or place outside India other than the port or place for which
the ship was originally bound or at which he has contracted that he should land; the Indian consular
officer at or near that port or place may forward the passenger to his intended destination, unless the
master, owner or agent of the ship within forty-eight hours of the arrival of the passenger gives to that
officer a written undertaking to forward the passenger within six weeks thereafter to his original
destination and forwards him accordingly within that period.
(2) A passenger so forwarded by or by the authority of an Indian consular officer shall not be entitled to the return of his passage money or to any compensation for loss of passage.
(2) A passenger so forwarded by or by the authority of an Indian consular officer shall not be entitled to the return of his passage money or to any compensation for loss of passage.
1. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "unberthed passenger" (w.e.f. 1-12-1976).