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Navy Act, 1957 Section 188

POWERS OF OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 188 is part of Navy Act, 1957 - POWERS OF OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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1 ) An officer of the Royal Navy attached to or serving with the Indian Navy shall have and exercise all such powers as are vested in or may be exercised by an officer of the Indian Navy of corresponding rank or holding a corresponding appointment and shall be eligible to be granted a commission to convene courts-martial or to be appointed as president of a court-martial or to sit on a court-martial as a member as if he were an officer of the Indian Navy subject to naval law.

(2) The expression "superior officer" wherever used in this Act shall be deemed to include an officer of the Royal Navy when serving under conditions specified in sub-section (1). Footnotes: 3. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 3(a) ( 16-12-1974). 4. Substituted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 3(b) (16-12-1974). 5. Substituted for the word "seaman" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 2 (16-12-1974). 6. Substituted for the words "seamen" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 2 (16-12-1974). 7. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 4(16-12-1974). 8. Substituted for the word "seamen" and "seaman" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 2 (16-12- 1974). 9. Substituted for the words "fifteen years" by Navy (Amendment) Act (34 of 1987), S. 2 (9-9-87), 10. See F.N. under S.11. 11. See F.N. under S. 11. 12. See F.N. under S. 11. 13. See F.N. under S.11. 14. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 5 (16-12-1974). 15. See F. N. under: S. 11. 16. See F.N. under S. 11. 18. See F.N. under S. 11. 20. See F.N. under S. 11. 21. See F.N. under S.I 1. 24. Substituted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 8 (16-12-1974). 26. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 10(16-12-1974). 27. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 11(16-12-1974). 28. S. 52 re-numbered as sub-section ( 1 ), and after that sub-section, sub-section (2) inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 12 (16-12-1974). 29. Substituted for the words "designedly" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 13(16-12-1974), 31. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982 (48 of 1982), S. 2 (16-10-1982). 35. Substituted tor the words 'abroad' and deemed always to have been so by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960 (58 of 1960), S. 3 & Second Schedule. 36. See F.N. under S. 11. 38. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment 39. Substituted for the words "subordinate officers", the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982.) Act, 1982 (48 of 1982), S. 3 (16-10-1982). 40. Substituted for the word "disrating" and "subordinate and petty officers", the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982. 41. Substituted for the word "disrating" and "rate" respectively by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982 (48 of 1982); 42. Inserted, the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982. 43. Substituted for the word "disrated" and "rating", respectively, the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982. 44. See F.N. under S. 11. 45. See F.N. under S. 11. 46. See F.N. under S. 11. 47. Substituted for the words "any subordinate officer" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1981 (48 of 1982), S. 5 (16-10-1982). 48. Inserted, the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1981. 49. Substituted for the word, brackets and figure "and (2)", the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1981. 50. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), S. 16 (16-12-1974). 52. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982 (48 of 1982), S. 6 (16-10-1982). 53. Substituted for the words "any district magistrate or a magistrate of the first class", by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982 (48 of 1982), S. 7(16-10-1982). 54. Substituted for certain words, the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982. 56. Substituted for the words and figures "under sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code, 1898" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982 (48 of 1982), S. 9 (16-10-1982). 58. Inserted by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of l974), S. 17 (16-12-1974). 59. Substituted for the word "seamen" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974). S. 2 (16-12-74). 60. See foot-note under S. 171. 61. See foot-note under S. 171. 62. Substituted for the words "five thousand rupees in value, the prescribed person may", by the Army, Air Force and Naval Law (Amendment) Act, 1970 (30 of 1970), S. 3 (13-8-1970). 63. See foot-note under S. 171. 64. See foot-note under S. 171. 65. See foot-note under S. 171. 66. For (i) 'Navy (Judicial Review) Regulations, 1958' see S. R. O. 108, D/- 15-2-1958, Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Pt. II. Sec. 4, p. 72.

(ii) 'Navy (Authorised Deductions) Regulations, 1959', see S. R. O. 227, D/- 8-8-1959, Gaz. of Ind., 1959, Pt. II. Sec. 4, p. 105.

(iii) 'Regulations for Indian Naval Reserve and Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1960' - See S. R. O. 53, D/- 23- 1-1960, Gaz. of Ind., 1960, Pt. II, Sec. 4, p. 33.

(iv) Navy (Pension) Regulations 1964, S. R. O. 74, D/- 10-2-1964, Gaz. of Ind., 1964, Pt. II, S. 4, p. 59. 67. Substituted for the word "seamen" by the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 (53 of l974), S.2 (16-12-1974). 68. Substituted, the Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974, S. 18. 71. See foot-note under S. 171. Central Bare Acts

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