law: Custom Act, 1962 
  29.
  
  Arrival of Vessels and Aircrafts in India. – 
  (1)
  
  The person-in-charge of a vessel or an aircraft entering India from any place
  
  outside India shall not cause or permit the vessel or aircraft to call or land
  
  –
  (a) for the first time after arrival in India; or
  (b) at any time while it is carrying passengers or cargo brought in that
  
  vessel or aircraft; at any place other than a customs port or a customs
  
  airport, as the case may be.
  (2)
  
  The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply in relation to any vessel or
  
  aircraft which is compelled by accident, stress of weather or other unavoidable
  
  cause to call or land at a place other than a customs port or customs airport
  
  but the person-in-charge of any such vessel or aircraft –
  (a) shall immediately report the arrival of the vessel or the landing of
  
  the aircraft to the nearest customs officer or the officer-in-charge of a
  
  police station and shall on demand produce to him the log book belonging to the
  
  vessel or the aircraft;
  (b) shall not without the consent of any such officer permit any goods
  
  carried in the vessel or the aircraft to be unloaded from, or any of the crew
  
  or passengers to depart from the vicinity of, the vessel or the aircraft; and
  (c) shall comply with any directions given by any such officer with
  
  respect to any such goods, and no passenger or member of the crew shall,
  
  without the consent of any such officer, leave the immediate vicinity of the
  
  vessel or the aircraft :
  Provided  that nothing in this section shall prohibit the departure of any crew
  
  or passengers from the vicinity of, or the removal of goods from, the vessel or
  
  aircraft where the departure or removal is necessary for reasons of health,
  
  safety or the preservation of life or property.