Section 63: Coast Guard police officers.

The Coast Guard Act, 1978Central Act · Act 30 of 1978

(1) The Director-General or any prescribed officer may appoint persons for discharging the functions specified in sub-sections (2) and (3).

(2) The duties of a person appointed under sub-section (1), are to take charge of persons confined for any offence, to preserve good order and discipline and to prevent breaches of the same by persons serving in, or attached to, the Coast Guard.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 59, a person appointed under sub-section (1) may, at any time, arrest and detain for trial any person subject to this Act who commits, or is charged with, an offence, and may also carry into effect any punishment to be inflicted in pursuance of a sentence awarded by a Coast Guard Court or by an officer exercising authority under section 57 but shall not inflict any punishment on his own authority:

Provided that no officer shall be so arrested or detained otherwise than on the order of another officer.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Coast Guard Act, 1978
Section	63
Marginal note	Coast Guard police officers.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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