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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Navy Act, 1957 Section 14

Liability for Service of Officers and Sailors

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 14 is part of Navy Act, 1957 - Liability for Service of Officers and Sailors. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[Liability for service of officers and sailors

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), officers and1[sailors] shall be liable to serve in the Indian Navy or the Indian Naval Reserve Forces, as the case may be, until they are duly discharged, dismissed, dismissed with disgrace, retired, permitted to resign, or released.

(2) No officer shall be at liberty to resign his office except with the permission of the Central Government and no1[sailor] shall be at liberty to resign his post except with the permission of the prescribed officer.

(3) The acceptance of any resignation shall be a matter within the discretion of the Central Government or the officer concerned, as the case may be.

(4) Officers retired or permitted to resign shall be liable to recall to naval service in an emergency in accordance with regulations made under this Act, and on such recall shall be liable to serve until they have been duly discharged dismissed, dismissed with disgrace, retired, permitted to resign, or released.

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1. Substituted for the word "seamen" and "seaman" by the Navy (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (53 of 1974), Section 2 (16-12-1974).

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