section 58
Provisions as to award of punishments.
The Coast Guard Act, 1978Defence1978123 sections13 chapters
Chapter V PUNISHMENTS
Statutory text
- (1) The punishments that may be inflicted under this Act shall be awarded in accordance with the provisions of this section.
- (2) A sentence of imprisonment under this Act shall in all cases be accompanied by a sentence of dismissal.
- (3) A sentence of imprisonment may be rigorous or simple or partly rigorous and partly simple.
- (4) No officer shall be subject to detention for any offence under this Act.
- (5) No subordinate officer shall be sentenced to detention except for desertion.
- (6) A sentence of detention shall not be accompanied by a sentence of dismissal from the Coast Guard.
- (7) A sentence of detention for a period exceeding fourteen days shall in all cases be accompanied by stoppage of pay and allowances during the period of detention. 1 [(8) Where mulcts of pay and allowances are awarded for absence without leave, the absence shall be treated as regularised for all purposes.]
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