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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Navy Act, 1957 Section 78

JURISDICTION AS TO PLACE AND OFFENCES

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 78 is part of Navy Act, 1957 - JURISDICTION AS TO PLACE AND OFFENCES. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), every person subject to naval law who is charged with a naval offence or a civil offence may be tried and punished under this Act regardless of where the alleged offence was committed.

(2) A person subject to naval law who commits an offence of murder against a person not subject to army, naval or air force law or an offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against such person or an offence of rape in relation to such person shall not be tried and punished under this Act unless he commits any of the said offences-

(a) while on active service; or (b) at an place outside India; or (c) at any place specified by the Central Government by notification in this behalf.

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Section Section 78 of the Navy Act, 1957 (JURISDICTION AS TO PLACE AND OFFENCES) 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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