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Coast Guard Act
An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the maritime zones of India with a view to the protection of maritime and other national interests in such zones and for matters connected therewith.
| Act Id | 197830 |
| Act Number | 30 |
| Enactment Date | 1978-08-18 |
| Act Year | 1978 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Defence |
| Enforcement Date | 19-08-1978 |
- PRELIMINARY
- CONSTITUTION OF THE COAST GUARD AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD
- 4 Constitution of the Coast Guard
- 5 Control, direction, etc
- 6 Enrolment
- 7 Liability for service outside India
- 8 Oath of allegiance
- 9 Resignation and withdrawal from the post
- 10 Tenure of service under the Act
- 11 Dismissal or removal by Central Government and by other officers
- 12 Certificate of termination of service
- 13 Restrictions respecting right to form association, freedom of speech, etc
- DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COAST GUARD
- OFFENCES
- 15 Correspondence, etc., with offenders
- 16 Deserting post and neglect of duty
- 17 Mutiny
- 18 Persons on board ship or aircraft seducing Coast Guard personnel from allegiance
- 19 Striking or threatening superior officers
- 20 Disobedience to superior officer
- 21 Ill-treating subordinates
- 22 Quarrelling, fighting and disorderly behaviour
- 23 Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
- 24 Drunkenness
- 25 Desertion and aiding desertion
- 26 Breaking out of ship and absence without leave
- 27 Losing ship or aircraft
- 28 Dangerous unauthorised flying
- 29 Inaccurate certificate
- 30 Low flying and annoyance by flying
- 31 Disobedience of lawful command of captain of an aircraft
- 32 False accusations
- 33 Falsifying official documents and false declarations
- 34 Offences in respect of property
- 35 Damage to property
- 36 Taking unauthorised goods on board
- 37 Offences in respect of papers relating to vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody
- 38 Offences in respect of vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody
- 39 Unlawful taking of ransom
- 40 Offences relating to Coast Guard Courts
- 41 Escape from custody
- 42 Violation of the Act, rules and orders
- 43 False answers on enrolment
- 44 Offences against good order and discipline
- 45 Attempt
- 46 Abetment of offences that have been committed
- 47 Abetment of offence punishable with death and not committed
- 48 Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
- 49 Civil offences
- 50 Civil offences not triable by a Coast Guard Court
- 51 Period of limitation for trial of offences under the Act
- 52 Trial, etc., of a person who ceases to be subject to the Act
- PUNISHMENTS
- 53 Punishments awardable by Coast Guard Courts
- 54 Alternative punishments awardable by Coast Guard Courts
- 55 Combination of punishments
- 56 Punishments otherwise than by Coast Guard Courts
- 57 Minor punishments
- 57A Punishment for officers below the rank of Commandant
- 58 Provisions as to award of punishments
- ARREST AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
- COAST GUARD COURTS
- 64 Power to convene a Coast Guard Court
- 65 Composition of Coast Guard Courts
- 66 Dissolution of a Coast Guard Court
- 67 Powers of a Coast Guard Court
- 68 Prohibition of second trial
- 69 Application of Act during term of sentence
- 70 Place of trial
- 71 Choice between criminal court and Coast Guard Court
- 72 Power of criminal court to require delivery of an offender
- PROCEDURE OF COAST GUARD COURTS
- 73 Law Officer
- 74 Challenges
- 75 Oaths of member, Law Officer and witness
- 76 Voting by members
- 77 General rule as to evidence
- 78 Judicial notice
- 79 Summoning of witnesses
- 80 Documents exempted from production
- 81 Commissions for examination of witnesses
- 82 Examination of a witness on commission
- 83 Alternative findings
- 84 Presumption as to signatures
- 85 Enrolment paper
- 86 Presumption as to certain documents
- 87 Evidence of previous convictions and general character
- 88 Lunacy of accused
- 89 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 90 Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 89
- 91 Release of lunatic accused
- 92 Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
- 93 Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
- 94 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
- 95 Powers of Coast Guard Court in relation to proceedings under this Act
- EXECUTION AND SUSPENSION OF SENTENCES
- 96 Form of sentence of death
- 97 Interim custody until execution of sentence of death
- 98 Execution of sentence of death
- 99 Commencement of sentence of imprisonment or detention
- 100 Execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 101 Temporary custody of offender
- 102 Conveyance of prisoner from place to place
- 103 Communication of certain orders to prison officers
- 104 Execution of Sentence of fine
- 105 Informality or error in the order or warrant
- 106 Imprisonment or detention of offender already under sentence
- 107 Suspension of sentence of imprisonment or detention
- 108 Release on suspension
- 109 Computation of period of suspension
- 110 Order after suspension
- 111 Reconsideration of case after suspension
- 112 Fresh sentence after suspension
- 113 Scope of power of suspension
- 114 Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal
- CHIEF LAW OFFICER AND LAW OFFICERS
- JUDICIAL REVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS OF COAST GUARD COURTS
- MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS AND SENTENCES, PARDONS, COMMUTATION AND REMISSION OF SENTENCES
- MISCELLANEOUS
