Section 21
Ill-treating subordinates.
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 subject to this Act who uses criminal force to or
otherwise ill-treats any other person subject to this Act, being his subordinate in rank or position, 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.