In section 25 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:--
"(2) Every person who deserts or attempts to desert the Coast Guard shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned and in every such case he shall forfeit,--
(a) all pay, salvage, prize money and allowances that have been earned by him;
(b) pension and gratuity, medals and decorations that have been granted to him; and
(c) all clothes and effects which he may have left on board the ship or the place from which he deserted, unless the Tribunal by which he is tried or the Central Government or the Director-General otherwise directs.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this sub-section, all pay, salvage, prize money and allowances shall be deemed to have been earned by a person when such pay, salvage, prize money and allowances have become due but have not been paid to him.".