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Section 4

Dangerous flying

of CIVIL Aviation Act 1969

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Section 4

(1)

Where an aircraft is flown in such a manner as to be the cause of unnecessary danger to any person or property on land or water, the pilot or the person in charge of the aircraft, and also the owner of it, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the aircraft was so flown without his actual fault or privity, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit, or to both.

(2)

For the purpose of this section, “owner”, in relation to an aircraft, includes any person by whom the aircraft is hired at the time of the offence.

(3)

This section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any provisions made by the Minister under the powers conferred by section 3.