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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 49

Civil Offences

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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 49 is part of Coast Guard Act, 1978 - Civil Offences. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Subject to the provisions of section 50, any person subject to this Act who at any place in, or beyond, India commits any civil offence shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence against this Act and, if charged therewith under this section shall be liable to be tried by a Coast Guard Court, and, on conviction, be punishable as follows, that is to say,--

(a) if the offence is one which would be punishable under any law in force in India with death, he shall be liable to suffer any punishment, assigned for the offence, by the aforesaid law or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and

(b) in any other case, he shall be liable to suffer any punishment, assigned for the offence by the law in force in India, or imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

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Section Section 49 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (Civil Offences) 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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