Section 18
Persons on board ship or aircraft seducing Coast Guard personnel from allegiance.
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.
Any
person not otherwise subject to this Act who, being on board any ship or aircraft belonging to or in the
service of the Coast Guard endeavours to seduce any person subject to this Act from his allegiance to the
Constitution or loyalty to the State or duty to his superior officers 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.