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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 34

Offences in Respect of Property

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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 34 is part of Coast Guard Act, 1978 - Offences in Respect of Property. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--

(a) commits theft of any property belonging to the Government or to any Coast Guard mess, or institution, or to any person subject to this Act or

(b) dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use any such property; or

(c) commits criminal breach of trust in respect of any such property; or

(d) dishonestly receives or retains any such property in respect of which any of the offences under clauses (a), (b) and (c) has been committed, knowing or having reason to believe the commission of such offence; or

(e) wilfully destroys or damages any property of the Government entrusted to him; or

(f) does any other thing with intent to defraud or to cause wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person.

shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

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Section Section 34 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (Offences in Respect of Property) 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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