tity is proved or its owner produces a certificate of airworthiness. Article 81. A Procès-verbal shall be drawn up and forwarded immediately with the inquest proceedings to the Public Prosecutor of the Court concerned. Article 82. CHAPTER VII PENALTIES Imprisonment for a period of one week to one month and a fine of 50 to 2,000 Lebanese pounds or either panalty shall be imposed on any aircraft owner committing any of the following contraventions 1) Using or keeping ready for use an aircraft without obtaining registration and airworthiness certificates or without displaying the registration mark prescribed by Articles 6 and 11. 2) Using or keeping ready for use an aircraft whose airworthiness certificate he knows to have become invalid. Article 83. a pilot The same penalties shall be imposed on for the following contraventions: 1) Piloting an aircraft without licence. 2) Destroying the flight log-book or entering therein sta tements he knows to be incorrect. 3) Landing on other than the designated without a just cause. aerodromes 4) Knowingly piloting an aircraft in any of the cases quoted under the preceding article. 5) Flying over any of the places forbidden under article 31. Article 84. The penalty prescribed by article 82 shall be doubled when the contraventions quoted in paragraphs (1) of articles 82 and 83 are committed after the rejection or withdrawal of the registration certificate, the airworthiness or the aviation certificate or licence, or when the delinquent has been forbiden to operate an aircraft. 67717 0-61--60 Article 85. Aircraft pilots contravening the provisicns of articles 2, 8, 27, 31, 32, and 33 shall be liable to a fine ranging between £.Leb.100 and £Leb. 2,000 and imprisonment for a period ranging from 15 days to 3 months. Article 86. A fine ranging between £Leb. 100 tɔ £Leb. 4,000 and imprisonment for a period of 6 months to 3 years shall be imposed on any aircraft owner, renter or pilot if he applies to it registration marks not corresponding with those specified on its licence, or if he defaces the correct marks or makes them illegible or uses an aircraft with incorrect marks. The same penalties shall be applicable to any person giving orders for the commission of any such violations. The penalties set out in article 82 shall Article 87. be applicable to : 1) Anyone contravening the provisions of Article 57. 2) Anyone using without licence photographic apparatus over prohibited areas or using articles or apparatus the carrying of which is prohibited. The Court may order the seizure of the articles mentioned in the preceding 2 paragraphs. Article 88. — A fine of up to £Leb. 10 and imprisonment up to ten days or either penalty shall be applicable to : 1) A pilot who fails to keep all the prescribed registers in his plane. 2) A pilot who fails to retain any of the foresaid registers for a period of 3 years after the date of the last entry. 3) Anyone contravening any of the provisions of articles 34, 35, 36 and 38 of this Law. Article 89. The sentence passed against a pilot convicted under articles 84,85,86 may include the penalty of forbidding him to fly any aircraft for a period ranging between 3 months and 3 years. A convicted pilot deprived of his pilot's licence must deposit his licence within 5 days from the date of the confirmation of the sentence with the Ministry of Public Works for retention during the period of deprivation, failing which he shall be liable to imprisonment for a period from 10 days to one month and a fine from £Leb. 10 to £Leb. 100. This shall not exonerate him from the application of the penalties prescribed by article 84 in the event of his piloting an aircraft during the period for which he is grounded. In that case all the penalties imposed shall be imposed independently. Article 90. Anyone entering into an area closed- by the regulations or instructions of airport authorities or who allows cattle or beasts to enter, shall be liable to a fine of £Leb. 25 to £Leb. 200 and shall furthermore forfeit any claim to compensation in the event of any accident. - Article 91. Any contravention of the provisions of the last paragraph of article 76 shall be punishable by a fine of £Leb. 50 to £Leb. 300 and an imprisonment for a period ranging from 10 days to 2 months or either penalty. Article 92. Save when it is proved that the immediate landing of an aircraft would endanger its security or that of its passengers, any pilot who fails to land when he knows that his aircraft has caused an accident shall be liable to imprisonment for a period ranging, from 10 days to 2 months and a fine of £Leb. 10 to £Leb. 100. Article 93. -The provisions of the Penal Code relative to repeated offences and mitigating circumstances shall be applicable to violations of the provisions of this Law, with the exception of the penalties relating to Customs contraventions. Law shall be formulated by a Decree to be passed by the Council of Ministers. Article 95. Decision No. 216 of 17.9.1934 is repealed together with all legal texts conflicting with the provisions of this Law and incompatible with its contents. Article 96. This Law shall be published in the Offi cial Journal and notified wherever needed. MEXICO DECREE AMENDING BOOK FOUR OF THE LAW OF GENERAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 1 1 The Congress of the United States of Mexico decrees: Article 1. Book Four of the Law of General Means of Communications is hereby revised, and now reads as follows: BOOK FOUR-AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 306. The space above the Mexican territory shall be subject to national sovereignty. For the purposes of this Law, the term "Mexican territory" shall include the surface area of the United States of Mexico, territorial waters and adjacent islands in both Oceans, as well as the Island of Guadalupe and the Revillagigedo Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Article 307. Civil air navigation over Mexican territory shall be governed by the international treaties and conventions which the Mexican Government has signed and ratified according to the Constitution, by this Law and its Regulations, and by all other laws and regulations which are applicable. Article 308. For the purposes of inspection, supervision and control of civil air navigation, all civil aircraft in Mexican territory or which fly over it, as well as their crew, passengers and goods transported shall be subject exclusively to the jurisdiction of the Federal Executive. Article 309. The following shall be subject to Mexican law: I. Events and legal acts which occur on board Mexican aircraft in flight, whether above Mexican territory or over non-territorial seas, as well as those occurring on board Mexican aircraft in flight over foreign territory, unless they be of such nature that they affect the safety or public order of the respective foreign State. II. Criminal acts which occur on board any aircraft which is over foreign territory, whenever they produce effects or are intended to produce effects on Mexican territory. The provisions of the Civil Code for the Federal District and Territories in regard to births and deaths on board a Mexican vessel shall be applicable to civil air navigation. Article 310. The owner, possessor or operator of aircraft shall be jointly liable with the commander or pilot for any violation of this Law and its Regulations resulting from orders given by said owner, possessor or operator. 1 Published in Diario Oficial of January 23, 1950, p. 6; errata: D. O., May 11, 1950. |