Title : Restrictions Respecting Right to Form Association, Freedom of Speech, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1978
(1) No member of the Coast Guard shall, without the previous sanction in writing of the Central Government or of the prescribed authority.-- (a) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any trade union, labour union, or political association; or (b) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any society, institution, association or organisation that is not recognised as part of the Coast Guard or is not of a purely social, recreational or religious nature; or (c) communicate with the press or publish or cause to be published any book, letter or other document except where such communication or publication is in the bona fide discharge of his duties or is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character or is of a prescribed nature. Explanation.-- If any..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Dissolution of a Coast Guard Court
State : Central
Year : 1978
(1) If a Coast Guard Court after the commencement of a trial is reduced below the minimum number of officers required by this Act, it shall be dissolved. (2) If, on account of the illness of the Law Officer or of the accused before the finding, it is impossible to continue the trial, a Coast Guard Court shall be dissolved. (3) The convening authority of a Coast Guard Court may dissolve the same if it considers that the exigencies of the service or necessities of discipline render it impossible orinexpedient to continue the said Coast Guard Court. (4) Where a Coast Guard Court is dissolved under this section, the accused may be tried again. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Offences Relating to Coast Guard Courts
State : Central
Year : 1978
Any person subject to the Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) being duly summoned or ordered to attend as a witness before a Coast Guard Court, wilfully or without reasonable excuse, makes default in attending; or (b) refuses to take an oath or make an affirmation legally required by a Coast Guard Court to be taken or made; or (c) refuses to produce or deliver any document in his power or control legally required by a Coast Guard Court to be produced or deliverd by him; or (d) refuses, when a witness, to answer any question which he is by law bound to answer, or (e) is guilty of contempt of a Coast Guard Court by using insulting or threatening language, or by causing any interruption or disturbance in the proceedings of such Court, shall, on..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1978
In thisAct, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Chief LawOfficer" and "Law Officer" mean, respectively, the Chief LawOfficer and a Law Officer of the Coast Guard appointed under section 115; (b) "civil offence"means an offence which is triable by a criminal Court. (c) "civil prison"means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner underthe Prisons Act, 1894, or under any other law for the time being in force; (d) "Coast Guard"means the Coast Guard constituted under this Act; (e) "Coast GuardCourt" means a court convened under section 64; (f) "Coast Guardcustody" means the arrest or confinement of a member of the Coast Guardaccording to rules; (g) "CommandingOfficer", when used in any provision of this Act with reference to any unitor ship of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Constitution of the Coast Guard
State : Central
Year : 1978
(1) There shall be an armed force of the Union called the Coast Guard for ensuring the security of the maritime zones of India with a view to the protection of maritime and other national interests in such zones. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Coast Guard shall be constituted in such manner as may be prescribed and the conditions of service of the members of the Coast Guard shall be such as may be prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishments Awardable by Coast Guard Courts
State : Central
Year : 1978
(1) Punishments may be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons subject to this Act and convicted by Coast Guard Courts according to the scale following, that is to say,-- (a) death; (b) imprisonment which may be for the term of life or any other lesser term; (c) dismissal from the Coast Guard; (d) detention in Coast Guard custody for a period not exceeding two years; (e) reduction to the ranks or to a lower rank in the case of sailors; (f) forfeiture of seniority of rank, forfeiture of all or any part of the service for the purpose of promotion; (g) forfeiture of service for the purpose of increased pay, pension or any other prescribed purpose; (h) fine, in respect of civil offences; (i) mulcts of pay and allowances; (j) severe reprimand or reprimand..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Makes Rules
State : Central
Year : 1978
(1) The Central Government may by notification, make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for,-- (a) the constitution, governance, command and discipline of the Coast Guard; (b) the enrolment of persons to the Coast Guard and the recruitment of other members of the Coast Guard; (c) the conditions of service (including service privileges and deductions from pay and allowances) of members of the Coast Guard; (d) the rank* precedence, powers of command and authority of the officer, subordinate officers and other enrolled persons; (e) the removal, retirement, release or discharge from the service of officers, subordinate officers and..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Oath of Allegiance
State : Central
Year : 1978
Every member of the Coast Guard shall, as soon as may be, after appointment or enrolment to the Coast Guard, make and subscribe before his Commanding Officer or other prescribed officer, an oath or affirmation in the prescribed form. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Certificate of Termination of Service
State : Central
Year : 1978
An enrolled person who retires, or is discharged, released, removed or dismissed from the Coast Guard or permitted to resign therefrom, shall be furnished by the officer, to whose command he is subject, with a certificate in the language which is the mother tongue of such person and also in Hindi or English language setting forth-- (a) the authority terminating his service; (b) the reasons for such termination; and (c) the full period of his service in the Coast Guard. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Losing Ship or Aircraft
State : Central
Year : 1978
(1) Any person subject to this Act who wilfuly loses, strands or hazards or suffers to be lost, stranded or hazarded any ship belonging to or in the service of the Coast Gurad, or loses or suffers to be lost any aircraft belonging to or in the service of the Coast Guard shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. (2) Any person subject to this Act, who negligently or by any default loses, strands or hazards or suffers to be lost, stranded or hazarded any ship belonging to or in the service of the Coast Guard, or loses or suffers to be lost any aircraft belonging to or in the service of the Coast Guard shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section