Act Number: 30

Act Name: The Coast Guard Act, 1978

Year: 1978

Enactment Date: 1978-08-18

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Defence

Department: Department of Defence

Section 38: Offences in respect of vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody.
    Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--
         (a) takes out without proper authority from any vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody, any money or goods; or
         (b) pillages, beats or ill-treats persons on board the said vessel, craft or aircraft; or
         (c) breaks bulk on board any such vessel, craft or aircraft with intent dishonestly to misappropriate anything therein or belonging thereto,
shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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