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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Navy Act, 1957 Section 79

JURISDICTION AS TO TIME No person unless he is an offender who has avoided apprehension or fled from justice or

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 79 is part of Navy Act, 1957 - JURISDICTION AS TO TIME No person unless he is an offender who has avoided apprehension or fled from justice or. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 79: JURISDICTION AS TO TIME No person unless he is an offender who has avoided apprehension or fled from justice or committed the offence of desertion or fraudulent entry or the offence of mutiny shall be tried or punished in pursuance of this Act for any offence committed by him unless such trial commences within three years from the commission of such offence : Provided that in the computation of the said period of three years any time during which an offender was outside India or any time during which he was a prisoner of war shall be deducted : Provided further that no trial for an offence of desertion other than desertion on active service or fraudulent entry shall be commenced if the person in question not being an officer has subsequently to the commission of the offence served continously in an exemplary manner for not less than three years in the Indian Navy.

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What does Navy Act, 1957 Section 79 provide?

Section Section 79 of the Navy Act, 1957 (JURISDICTION AS TO TIME No person unless he is an offender who has avoided apprehension or fled from justice or) 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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