Section 1
Short title and commencement.
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an Armed Force of the Union 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 and for matters connected therewith.
(1) This Act may be called the Coast Guard Act, 1978.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes
1 19th August, 1978, vide notification No. S.R.O. 10(E), dated 18th August, 1978, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 4.