Section 62
Capture of deserters.
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) Whenever any person subject to this Act deserts, the Commanding
Officer of the unit or ship to which he belongs, shall give information of the desertion to such civil
authorities as, in his opinion, may be able to afford assistance towards the capture of the deserter; and
such authorities shall thereupon take steps for the apprehension of the said deserter in like manner as if he
was a person for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued by a Magistrate, and shall deliver the
deserter, when apprehended, into Coast Guard custody.
(2) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person reasonably believed to be subject to this Act, and to be a deserter or to be travelling without authority, and shall bring him without delay before the nearest Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.
(2) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person reasonably believed to be subject to this Act, and to be a deserter or to be travelling without authority, and shall bring him without delay before the nearest Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.