Section 6: Duties of National Coast Guard
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
6. Duties of National Coast Guard
(1) Subject to this section and any environmental law, the National Coast
Guard shall be responsible for—
(a) the enforcement of any law relating to the security of the State;
(b) the enforcement of any law relating to the protection of the maritime zones;
(c) the detection, prevention and suppression of any illegal activity,
including any act of piracy or maritime attack referred to in the
Piracy and Maritime Violence Act within the maritime zones.
(2) Subsection (1) shall be without prejudice to the performance by any department of similar duties under any enactment enabling it to do so.
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(3) Where the Minister is informed that any conflict has arisen or is likely
to arise between the duties of the National Coast Guard and those of any
department, the Minister may give such directions as he thinks fit.
(4) Any direction issued by the Minister under subsection (3) shall be
binding.
[S. 6 amended by Act 34 of 1991; s. 99 (7) (b) of Act 19 of 2002 w.e.f. 1 December 2005;
s. 11 (6) (a) of Act 39 of 2011 w.e.f. 1 June 2012.]