The Coast Guard Act

Correspondence, etc., with offenders

Deserting post and neglect of duty

Mutiny

Persons on board ship or aircraft seducing Coast Guard personnel from allegiance

Striking or threatening superior officers

Disobedience to superior officer

Ill-treating subordinates

Quarrelling, fighting and disorderly behaviour

Certain forms of disgraceful conduct

Drunkenness

Desertion and aiding desertion

Breaking out of ship and absence without leave

Losing ship or aircraft

Dangerous unauthorised flying

Inaccurate certificate

Low flying and annoyance by flying

Disobedience of lawful command of captain of an aircraft

False accusations

Falsifying official documents and false declarations

Offences in respect of property

Damage to property

Taking unauthorised goods on board

Offences in respect of papers relating to vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody

Offences in respect of vessel, craft or aircraft taken into custody

Unlawful taking of ransom

Offences relating to Coast Guard Courts

Escape from custody

Violation of the Act, rules and orders

False answers on enrolment

Offences against good order and discipline

Attempt

Abetment of offences that have been committed

Abetment of offence punishable with death and not committed

Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed

Civil offences

Civil offences not triable by a Coast Guard Court

Period of limitation for trial of offences under the Act

Trial, etc., of a person who ceases to be subject to the Act


OFFENCES


Any person subject to this Act who uses criminal force to or
otherwise ill-treats any other person subject to this Act, being his subordinate in rank or position, shall, on
conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to
seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

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