law: 3. Persons subject to this Act.-
  (1) The following persons shall be subject to this Act, wherever they may be, namely:-
  (a) officers;
  (b) subordinate officers and other persons enrolled under this Act;
  (c) persons who have, by a general or special order of the Central Government, been required to serve in a ship, to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; and
  (d) persons ordered to be received, or being passengers, on board any ship or aircraft of the Coast Guard, to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
  (2) Every person referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) shall remain so subject until he retires, or he is discharged, released, removed or dismissed from the Coast Guard in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules.
  1. Subs. by Act 44 of 2002, s. 2, for "or a Sahayak Engineer" (w.e.f. 12-8-2002).