AIRCRAFT ORDINANCE, 1912

AIRCRAFT ORDINANCE, 1912

No. 20 of 1912, incorporated in No. 10 of 1902.

No. 21 of 1912, No. 22 of 1912 and No. 23
of 1912, incorporated generally.

No. 24 of 1912 and No. 25 of 1912, repeaIed by
No. 43 of 1912.

No. 26 of 1912.

An Ordinance to regulate the ascents, descents and flights
of aircraft and parachutes.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Aricraft Ordinance,
1912.

2. In this Ordinance, aircraft means any airship, aero-
plane, hydroplane or balloon whether navigable, dirigible or
otherwise.

3.-(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to make an
ascent in an aircraft without having previously obtained the
permission in writing of the Governor.

(2) It shall not be lawful for any person having ascended
elsewhere in an aircraft without having previously obtained the
permission in writing of the Governor.

(3) Any permission given under this section may be issued
subject to any conditions, which shall be specified in the
written permission, that the Governor may think fit to impose.

(4) Every person who contravenes the provisions of this
section or who contravenes any of the conditions aforesaid
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a finenot
exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any
term not exceeding three months and to the forefeiture of any
photographs, negatives, photographic apparaturs, sketches,
sketching material,s maps and plans not expressly authorised
in any such written permission as aforesaid which in the
opinion of the magistrate appear to have been carried by the
offender during any ascent from or flight over or above or
descent to any portion of the Colony or the waters thereof.

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
+ As amended by No. 12 of 1914 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
































4.-(1) The Governor shall have power by order to
prescribe such place or places in the Colony within which
aircraft coming from any place or ship outside the Colony or
the waters of the Colony are to land and any other conidtions
to be complied with by such aircraft, and every peson who
contravenes any of the provisions of any such order shall be
guilty of an offence and shall upon summary conviction be
liable to a line not exceeding two thousand dollars and to
imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, unless
he proves that he was conmelled to commit such contravention
by reason of stress of weather or other circumstance over
which he had no control.

(2) If without the permission required by seciton 3 an
aircraft flies or attempts to fly over or above any portion of
the Colony or of the waters of the Colony or, in the case of
an aircraft coming from any place or ship outside the Colony
or the waters of the Colony, fails to comply with any of the
conditions as to landing which, may be prescribed by an
order made under sub-section (1), it shall be prescribed by an
officer, designed for the purpose by regulations made by
the Governor, to cause signal as may be prescribed by
those regulations to be given, and, if, after such signal has
been given, the aircraft fails to respond to the signal by
complying with such regulations as may be made by the
Governor prescribing the action to be taken or such a signal
being given, it shall be lawful for the officer to fire at or into
such aircraft and to use any and every other means necessary
to compel compliance, and every and any such officer and
every other person acting in his aid and by his direction
shall be and is hereby indemnified and dischared from any
indictment, penalty, action, or other proceeding for so doing.
[Originally No. 26 of 1912.] No. 12 of 1914. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Control of aviators. Power to Governor to prescribe landing places for aorcraft coming into Colony from outside Colony. Power to compel compliance when aircraft disobeys signal.

[Originally No. 26 of 1912.] No. 12 of 1914. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Control of aviators. Power to Governor to prescribe landing places for aorcraft coming into Colony from outside Colony. Power to compel compliance when aircraft disobeys signal.

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