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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 63

Coast Guard Police Officers

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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 63 is part of Coast Guard Act, 1978 - Coast Guard Police Officers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Director-General or any prescribed officer may appoint persons for discharging the functions specified in sub-sections (2) and (3).

(2) The duties of a person appointed under sub-section (1), are to take charge of persons confined for any offence, to preserve good order and discipline and to prevent breaches of the same by persons serving in, or attached to, the Coast Guard.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 59, a person appointed under subsection (I) may, at any time, arrest and detain for trial any person subject to this Act who commits, or is charged with, an offence, any may also carry into effect any punishment to be inflicted in pursuance of a sentence awarded by a Coast Guard Court or by an officer exercising authority under section 57 but shall not inflict any punishment on his own authority:

Provided that no officer shall be so arrested or detained otherwise than on the order of another officer.

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What does Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 63 provide?

Section Section 63 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 (Coast Guard Police Officers) 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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