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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 38

Offences in Respect of Vessel, Craft or Aircraft Taken into Custody

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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 38 is part of Coast Guard Act, 1978 - Offences in Respect of Vessel, Craft or Aircraft Taken into Custody. 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) takes out without proper authority from any vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody, any money or goods; or

(b) pillages, beats or ill-treats persons on board the said vessel, craft or aircraft; or

(c) breaks bulk on board any such vessel, craft or aircraft with intent dishonestly to misappropriate anything therein or belonging thereto.

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

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What does Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 38 provide?

Section Section 38 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (Offences in Respect of Vessel, Craft or Aircraft Taken into Custody) 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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