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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.....