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Coast Guard Act, 1978 Chapter IX

Title: Execution and Suspension of Sentences

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....since his conviction has been such as to justify a remission of the sentence he shall refer the matter to the authority or officer specified in section 107. Section 112 - Fresh sentence after suspension Where an offender, while a sentence on him is suspended under this Act, is sentenced for any other offence, then-- (a) if the further sentence is also suspended under this Act, the sentence shall run concurrently; (b) if the further sentence is for a period of three months or more and is not suspended under this Act, the offender shall also be committed to prison or Coast Guard custody for the unexpired portion of the previous sentence, but both sentences shall run concurrently; and (c) if the further sentence is for a period of less than three months and is not suspended under this Act, the offender shall be so committed on that sentence only, and the previous sentence shall, subject to any order which may be passed under section 110 or section 111 continue to be suspended. Section 113 - Scope of power of suspension The powers conferred by Sections 107 and 110 shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the power of mitigation, remission and commutation......

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 96

Title: Form of Sentence of Death

State: Central

Year: 1978

In awarding a sentence of death, a Coast Guard Court shall, in its discretion, direct that the offender shall suffer death by being hanged by the neck until he be dead or shall suffer death by being shot to death.

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....Parliament in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY: SECTION 1: Short title and commencement: (1) This Act may be called The Coast Guard Act, 1978. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint , SECTION 2: Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Chief Law Officer" and "Law Officer" mean, respectively, the Chief Law Officer 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 under (Prisons Act, 1894), or under any other raw for the time being in force; (d) "Coast Guard" means the Coast Guard constituted under this Act: (e) "Coast Guard Court" means a court convened under (section 64); (f) "Coast Guard custody" means the arrest or confinement of a member of the Coast Guard according to rules; (g) "Commanding Officer", when used in any provision of this Act with reference to any unit or ship of the Coast Guard, means the officer whose duty it.....