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 75: Oaths of member, Law Officer and witness.
    (1) An oath or affirmation in the prescribed manner shall be administered to every member of a Coast Guard Court and to the Law Officer or, as the case may be, the officer approved under section 73, before the commencement of the trial.
     (2) 1 [Every person] giving evidence before a Coast Guard Court shall be examined after being duly sworn or affirmed in the prescribed form.
     (3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall not apply where the witness is a child under twelve years of age and the Coast Guard Court is of opinion that though the witness understands the duty of speaking the truth, he does not understand the nature of an oath or affirmation.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1988, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "Every officer" (w.e.f. 31-3-1988).
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