Section 117
Judicial review by the Chief Law Officer.
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) All proceedings of trials by Coast Guard
Courts shall be reviewed by the Chief Law Officer either on his own motion or on application made
to him within the prescribed time by any person aggrieved by any sentence or finding, and the Chief Law
Officer shall transmit the report of such review together with such recommendations as may appear
to him just and proper to the Director-General for his consideration and for such action as the
Director-General may think fit.
(2) Where any person aggrieved has made an application under sub-section (1), the Chief Law Officer may, if the circumstances of the case so require, give him an opportunity of being heard either in person or through a legal practitioner or an officer of the Coast Guard.
(2) Where any person aggrieved has made an application under sub-section (1), the Chief Law Officer may, if the circumstances of the case so require, give him an opportunity of being heard either in person or through a legal practitioner or an officer of the Coast Guard.