Preamble1 - COAST GUARD ACT, 1978
Chapter I Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Persons subject to this Act
Chapter II Section4 - Constitution of the Coast Guard
Section5 - Control, direction, etc.
Section6 - Enrolment
Section7 - Liability for service outside India
Section8 - Oath of allegiance
Section9 - Resignation and withdrawal from the post
Section10 - Tenure of service under the Act
Section11 - Dismissal or removal by Central Government and by other officers
Section12 - Certificate of termination of service
Section13 - Restrictions respecting right to form association, freedom of speech, etc.
Chapter III Section14 - Duties and functions of Coast Guard
Chapter IV Section15 - Correspondence, etc., with offenders
Section16 - Deserting post and neglect of duty
Section17 - Mutiny
Section18 - Persons on board ship or aircraft seducing Coast Guard personnel from allegiance
Section19 - Striking or threatening superior officers
Section20 - Disobedience to superior officer
Section21 - Ill-treating subordinates
Section22 - Quarrelling, fighting and disorderly behaviour
Section23 - Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
Section24 - Drunkenness
Section25 - Desertion and aiding desertion
Section26 - Breaking out of ship and absence without leave
Section27 - Losing ship or aircraft
Section28 - Dangerous unauthorised flying
Section29 - Inaccurate certificate
Section30 - Low flying and annoyance by flying
Section31 - Disobedience of lawful command of captain of an aircraft
Section32 - False accusations
Section33 - Falsifying official documents and false declarations
Section34 - Offences in respect of property
Section35 - Damage to property
Section36 - Taking unauthorised goods on board
Section37 - Offences in respect of papers relating to vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody
Section38 - Offences in respect of vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody
Section39 - Unlawful taking of ransom
Section40 - Offences relating to Coast Guard Courts
Section41 - Escape from custody
Section42 - Violation of the Act, rules and orders
Section43 - False answers on enrolment
Section44 - Offences against good order and discipline
Section45 - Attempt
Section46 - Abetment of offences that have been committed
Section47 - Abetment of offence punishable with death and not committed
Section48 - Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
Section49 - Civil offences
Section50 - Civil offences not triable by a Coast Guard Court
Section51 - Period of limitation for trial of offences under the Act
Section52 - Trial, etc., of a person who ceases to be subject to the Act
Chapter V Section53 - Punishments awardable by Coast Guard Courts
Section54 - Alternative punishments awardable by Coast Guard Courts
Section55 - Combination of punishments
Section56 - Punishments otherwise than by Coast Guard Courts
Section57 - Minor punishments
Section57A - Punishment for officers below the rank of commandant
Section58 - Provisions as to award of punishments
Chapter VI Section59 - Custody of offenders
Section60 - Duty of Commanding Officer in regard to detention
Section61 - Arrest by civil authorities
Section62 - Capture of deserters
Section63 - Coast Guard police officers
Chapter VII Section64 - Power to convene a Coast Guard Court
Section65 - Composition of Coast Guard Courts
Section66 - Dissolution of a Coast Guard Court
Section67 - Powers of a Coast Guard Court
Section68 - Prohibition of second trial
Section69 - Application of Act during term of sentence
Section70 - Place of trial
Section71 - Choice between criminal court and Coast Guard Court
Section72 - Power of criminal court to require delivery of an offender
Chapter VIII Section73 - Law Officer
Section74 - Challenges
Section75 - Oaths of member, Law Officer and witness
Section76 - Voting by members
Section77 - General rule as to evidence
Section78 - Judicial notice
Section79 - Summoning of witnesses
Section80 - Documents exempted from production
Section81 - Commissions for examination of witnesses
Section82 - Examination of a witness on commission
Section83 - Alternative findings
Section84 - Presumption as to signatures
Section85 - Enrolment paper
Section86 - Presumption as to certain documents
Section87 - Evidence of previous convictions and general character
Section88 - Lunacy of accused
Section89 - Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
Section90 - Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 89
Section91 - Release of lunatic accused
Section92 - Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
Section93 - Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
Section94 - Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
Section95 - Powers of Coast Guard Court in relation to proceedings under this Act
Chapter IX Section96 - Form of sentence of death
Section97 - Interim custody until execution of sentence of death
Section98 - Execution of sentence of death
Section99 - Commencement of sentence of imprisonment or detention
Section100 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment
Section101 - Temporary custody of offender
Section102 - Conveyance of prisoner from place to place
Section103 - Communication of certain orders to prison officers
Section104 - Execution of sentence of fine
Section105 - Informality or error in the order or warrant
Section106 - Imprisonment or detention of offender already under sentence
Section107 - Suspension of sentence of imprisonment or detention
Section108 - Release on suspension
Section109 - Computation of period of suspension
Section110 - Order after suspension
Section111 - Reconsideration of case after suspension
Section112 - Fresh sentence after suspension
Section113 - Scope of power of suspension
Section114 - Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal
Chapter X Section115 - Appointment of Chief Law Officer and Law Officers
Section116 - Functions of Chief Law Officer
Chapter XI Section117 - Judicial review by the Chief Law Officer
Section118 - Consideration by the Director-General
Chapter XII Section119 - Petitions to Central Government or Director-General against findings and sentences
Section120 - Powers of Central Government and Director-General in respect of findings and sentences
Chapter XIII Section121 - Powers and duties conferrable and imposable on members of the Coast Guard
Section122 - Protection for acts of members of the Coast Guard
Section123 - Power to makes rules
Amending Act1 - COAST GUARD (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002