Lawgist17Mutiny
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--
(a) begins, incites, causes or conspires with any other person to cause any mutiny in the Coast Guard or in the military, naval or air forces of India or any forces co-operating therewith; or
(b) joins in any such mutiny; or
(c) being present at any such mutiny, does not use his utmost endeavours to suppress the same; or
(d) knowing or having reason to believe in the existence of any such mutiny, or of any intention to mutiny or of any such conspiracy, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his Commanding Officer or other superior officer; or
(e) endeavours to seduce any person in the Coast Guard or in the military, naval or air forces of India or any forces co-operating therewith from his duty or allegiance to the Union,
shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned:
Provided that a sentence of death awarded under this section shall not be carried out unless it is confirmed by the Central Government.
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- 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
