Section 188: Prohibition against solicitation by lodging house keepers.

No person shall, while a ship is at any port or place in India—

(a) solicit a seaman or apprentice to become a lodger at the house of any person letting lodgings for hire; or

(b) take out of the ship any property of the seaman or apprentice except under the direction of the seaman or apprentice and with the permission of the master.