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Section 122, Civil Aviation Act, 2017 for an effective aviation safety and security
Status not yet checkedCivil Aviation Act, 2017 for an effective aviation safety and security, Sierra Leone
(1) A person who unlawfully and intentionally - (a) performs an act of violence against a person
on board an aircraft in flight, on ground if that
act is likely to endanger the safety and
security of that aircraft;
(b) destroys an aircraft in service or causes
damage to the aircraft in a manner that renders
it incapable of flight or which is likely to
endanger the safety of the aircraft in flight;
(c) places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in
service by any means whatsoever a device or
substance that is likely to destroy that aircraft
or to cause damage to the aircraft that renders
it incapable of flight or that is likely to
endanger the safety of the aircraft in flight; or
(d) obstructs, interferes with, destroys, steals or
causes damage to a communication, or
navigation system, surveillance system,
instrument, cables or any part of the systems
or instruments used in civil aviation;
(e) communicates information which he knows
to be false, thereby endangering the safety of
an aircraft in flight;
(f) any disorderly behaviour in and around a civil
aviation facility,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not less
than 50,000 United States Dollars or its equivalent in Leones and not
exceeding 100,000 United States Dollars or its equivalent in Leones
or imprisonment for a term not less than 10 years, or to both the fine
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