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Every boat-owner, tindal or boatman of any boat who shall hinder any such officer from proceeding on board such boat or shall obstruct him in the performance of his duty when in any such boat, shall on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable as follows: - every boat-owner to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees; every tindal to a fine not exceeding thirty rupees or to corporal punishment not exceeding fifty lashes with a cat-o' nine tails; every boatman to a fine not exeeding fifteen rupees or to corporal punishment not exeeding thirty lashes with a cat-o' nine tails