1. Short title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be called the Coast Guard Act, 1978.
(2)
It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment notes (1)
- 19th August, 1978, vide notification No. S.R.O. 10(E), dated 18th August, 1978, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 4.