Indian Ports Act, 1908
19. Injuring buoys, beacons and moorings
(1) No person shall, without lawful excuse, lift, injure, loosen
or set adrift any buoy, beacon or mooring fixed or laid down by, or by the
authority, of the 2[Government] in any port subject to this Act.
(2) If any person offends against the provisions of this
section, he shall for every such offence be liable, in addition to the payment
of the amount of damage done, to fine which may extend to two thousand rupees,
or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years.