Navy Act,1957

Act No : 62

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Section : Jurisdiction as to time.

79. Jurisdiction as to time.No person unless he is an offender who has avoided apprehension or fled from justice or committed the offence of desertion or a fraudulent entry or the offence of mutiny shall be tried or punished in pursuance of this Act for any offence committed by him unless such trial commences within three years from the commission of such offence : Provided that in the computation of the said period of three years any time during which an offender was outside India or any time during which he was a prisoner of war shall be deducted : Provided further that no trial for an offence of desertion other than desertion on active service or fraudulent entry shall be com- menced if the person in question not being an officer has subsequently to the commission of the offence served continuously in an exemplary manner for not less than three years in the Indian Navy. 338

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