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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 54

Alternative Punishments Awardable by Coast Guard Courts

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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 54 is part of Coast Guard Act, 1978 - Alternative Punishments Awardable by Coast Guard Courts. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Subject to the provisions of this Act, a Coast Guard Court may, on convicting a person subject to this Act of any of the offences specified in sections 15 to 48 (both inclusive) award either the particular punishment with which the offence is stated in the said sections to be punishable, or in lieu thereof, any one of the punishments lower in the scale set out in section 53 regard being had to the nature and degree of the offence.

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Section Section 54 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (Alternative Punishments Awardable by Coast Guard Courts) 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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