Act Number: 62

Act Name: The Navy Act, 1957

Year: 1957

Enactment Date: 1957-12-27

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Government of the Indian Navy.

Ministry: Ministry of Defence

Department: Department of Military Affairs

Section 165: Offences by persons not subject to naval law in relation to courts-martial and disciplinary courts.
    Every person not subject to naval law, who,--
         (a) being duly summoned or ordered to attend as a witness before a court-martial or disciplinary court fails to attend without due cause, or
         (b) refuses to take an oath or make an affirmation legally required by a court-martial or disciplinary court to be taken or made, or
         (c) being sworn or affirmed, refuses to answer any questions put by or before a court-martial or disciplinary court, which he is in law bound to answer, or
         (d) refuses to produce or deliver up a document in his power which the court-martial or disciplinary court may legally demand, or
         (e) is guilty of contempt of court-martial or disciplinary court,
shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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