Section 2. Definitions

2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, — (a) "Chief Law Officer" and "Law Officer" mean, respectively, the Chief Law Officer and a Law Officer of the Coast Guard appointed under section 115; (b) "civil offence" means an offence which is triable by a criminal court; (c) "civil prison" means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894), or under any other law for the time being in force; (d) "Coast Guard" means the Coast Guard constituted under this Act; (e) "Coast Guard Court" means a court convened under section 64; (f) "Coast Guard custody" means the arrest or confinement of a member of the Coast Guard according to rules; (g) "Commanding Officer", when used in any provision of this Act with reference to any unit or ship of the Coast Guard, means the officer whose duty it is under the rules to discharge with respect to that unit or ship, the functions of a Commanding Officer in regard to matters of the description referred to in that provision; (h) "criminal court" means a court of ordinary criminal justice in any part of India; (i) "Deputy Inspector-General" means a Deputy Inspector-General of the Coast Guard appointed under section 5; (j) "Director-General" means the Director-General of the Coast Guard appointed under section 5; (k) "enrolled person" means a subordinate officer, sailor or other person enrolled under this Act; (l) "Inspector-General" means an Inspector-General of the Coast Guard appointed under section 5; (m) "maritime zones of India" means the territorial waters, the contiguous zone, the continental shelf, the exclusive economic zone or any other maritime zone of India; (n) "member of the Coast Guard" means an officer, a subordinate officer, a sailor or other enrolled person; (o) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (p) "offence" means any act or omission punishable under this Act and includes a civil offence;