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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Navy Act, 1957 Section 6

PROVISION RESPECTING DISCIPLINE OF PERSONS UNDER ENGAGEMENT TO SERVE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 6 is part of Navy Act, 1957 - PROVISION RESPECTING DISCIPLINE OF PERSONS UNDER ENGAGEMENT TO SERVE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) If any person not otherwise subject to naval law enters into an engagement with the Central Government to serve,-

(a) in a particular ship; or.

(b) in such particular ship or in such ships as the Central Government, the Chief of the Naval Staff, or the prescribed officer may, from time to time, determine; and agrees to become subject to naval law upon entering into the engagement, that person shall, so long as the engagement remains in force and notwithstanding that for the time being he may not be serving in any ship, be subject to naval law.

(2) The Central Government may, by order, direct that, subject to such exceptions as may in particular cases be made by or on behalf of the Chief of the Naval Staff, persons of any such class as may be specified in the order shall, while being subject to naval law by virtue of this section, be deemed to be officers, petty officers or other6[sailors], as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act or of such provisions of this Act as may be so specified.

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What does Navy Act, 1957 Section 6 provide?

Section Section 6 of the Navy Act, 1957 (PROVISION RESPECTING DISCIPLINE OF PERSONS UNDER ENGAGEMENT TO SERVE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT) is reproduced on this page as part of the Navy Act, 1957. 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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