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Penalty for taking or delivering or tendering for carriage dangerous goods on board inland mechanically propelled vessel without notice.—If any person, in contravention of section 50, takes with him on board any inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessel] any dangerous goods, or delivers or tenders any such goods for carriage on any inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel], he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, and the goods shall be forfeited to Government. 2[62A. Punishment for offences relating to accident.—If the master or the driver or other person in charge of the inland mechanically propelled vessel fails to report an accident in which his vessel is involved as required under Chapter VIA, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both, or, if having been previously convicted of an offence under this section, he is again convicted of an offence under this section, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.