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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 13

Restrictions Respecting Right to Form Association, Freedom of Speech, Etc.

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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 13 is part of Coast Guard Act, 1978 - Restrictions Respecting Right to Form Association, Freedom of Speech, Etc.. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) No member of the Coast Guard shall, without the previous sanction in writing of the Central Government or of the prescribed authority.--

(a) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any trade union, labour union, or political association; or

(b) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any society, institution, association or organisation that is not recognised as part of the Coast Guard or is not of a purely social, recreational or religious nature; or

(c) communicate with the press or publish or cause to be published any book, letter or other document except where such communication or publication is in the bona fide discharge of his duties or is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character or is of a prescribed nature.

Explanation.-- If any question arises whether any society, institution, association or organisation is of a purely social, recreational or religious nature under clause (b)l of this sub-section, the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final.

(2) No member of the Coast Guard shall participate in, or address, any meeting or take part in any demonstration organised by any body of persons for any political purposes or for such other purposes as may be specified in this behalf by the Central Government

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What does Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 13 provide?

Section Section 13 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (Restrictions Respecting Right to Form Association, Freedom of Speech, Etc.) is reproduced on this page as part of the Coast Guard Act, 1978. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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