Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1975

Unlawful acts against the safety of aviation.

3.—(1) For the purpose of giving effect to the Montreal Convention, a person shall be guilty of an offence if anywhere he unlawfully and intentionally—

(a) commits on board an aircraft in flight any act of violence which is likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft,

(b) destroys an aircraft in service or so damages it as to render it incapable of flight or to endanger its safety in flight,

(c) places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service any device or substance which is likely to destroy the aircraft or so damage it as to render it incapable of flight or to endanger its safety in flight,

(d) destroys, damages or interferes with the operation of any air navigation facilities if such act is likely to endanger the safety of aircraft in flight,

(e) communicates any information which he knows to be false where the communication of the information endangers, or is likely to endanger, the safety of an aircraft in flight.

(2) A person who anywhere attempts to commit any act specified in subsection (1) of this section or aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of such an act, or aids, abets, or counsels a person who anywhere attempts to commit such an act shall be guilty of an offence.