Section 46, Civil Aviation Act, 2017 for an effective aviation safety and security

(1) A lawful entry into Sierra Leone or a lawful transitacross from seizure Sierra Leone, with or without landings, of an aircraft shall not entail - (a) a seizure or detention of the aircraft; claim. (b) any proceeding being brought against the owner or operator of the aircraft; or (c) any other interference with the aircraft, by or on behalf of a person in Sierra Leone, on the ground that the construction, mechanism, parts, accessories or operation of the aircraft is or are an infringement of a patent, design or model. (2) During the importation into and storage in Sierra Leone of spare parts and spare equipment for an aircraft and their use and installation in the repair of an aircraft, there shall not be allowed- (a) any seizure or detention of the aircraft or of the spare parts or spare equipment; (b) any proceedings being brought against the owner or operator of the aircraft or the owner of the spare parts or spare equipment; or 46 47 Recording of interest in Records of birth and deaths in Exemption from seizure of aircrafton point claim. (c) any other interference with the aircraft spare parts or spare equipment, by or on behalf of any person in Sierra Leone, on the ground that the spare parts or spare equipment or their use or installation are an infringement of any patent, design or model. (3) subsection (2) shall not apply in relation to spare parts or spare equipment which are sold or distributed in Sierra Leone or are exported from Sierra Leone for sale or distribution.