322
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27,
1928.
(2) Pending the issue of such directions, licences may be granted, renewed or validated by the Governor on such conditions as he thinks fit.
3. A licence to pilot or navigate aircraft granted by the duly competent authority of any place within His Majesty's dominions shall for the purposes of this Order have the same validity and effect and may be cancelled or suspended in so far as relates to its validity within the Colony in like manner and in the like circumstances as if it had been granted under this Order.
4. In this Schedule the expression "licence" includes a certificate of competency.
SCHEDULE VI.
PROHIBITED AREAS.
1. Such specifically defined areas in the Colony as the Governor may by proclamation declare to be prohibited areas shall be prohibited areas within the meaning of this Schedule.
2. Every aircraft which finds itself above a prohibited area in contravention of this Order shall, as soon as aware of the fact, give the signal of distress provided in paragraph 17 of Schedule IV., and land as soon as possible outside the prohibited area at one of the nearest aerodromes in the Colony.
Provided that it shall not, unless compelled by stress of weather or other unavoidable cause, fly further into the prohibited area nor commence to descend while still above the prohibited area.
3. To warn an aircraft that it is in the vicinity of a prohibited area and should change its course, the signals prescribed in paragraph 18 of Schedule IV, shall be used.
4. The signals which may be given when an aircraft flies, or attempts to fly, over a prohibited area in contravention of this Order shall be those prescribed in paragraph 19 of Schedule IV.
5. Upon the signals referred to in paragraph 4 of this Schedule being given, the aircraft shall immediately give the signal referred to in paragraph 2 of this Schedule, and land in accordance with that rule.
6. If any aircraft flies, or attempts to fly, over any prohibited area or enters the Colony in con- travention of this Order, and if, after signals referred to in paragraph 4 of this Schedule have been given by, or by the direction of, a commissioned officer in His Majesty's Naval, Military, or Air Forces, or a commissioned officer in any Volunteer or Defence Force in the Colony, the aircraft fails to respond thereto by complying with the proceduré laid down in paragraph 5 of the Schedule, the officer may fire at or into such aircraft, and use any and every other means necessary to compel com- pliance, and every and any such officer and every other person acting in his aid and by his direction shall be and is hereby indemnified and discharged from any indictment, penalty, action or other proceeding for so doing.
SCHEDULE VIL
ANNEX H. OF THE CONVENTION.
CUSTOMS.
General Provisions.
1. Any aircraft going abroad shall depart only from aerodromes specially designated by the cus- toms administration of each contracting State, and named "customs aerodromes”.
Aircraft coming from abroad shall land only in such aerodromes.
2. Every aircraft which passes from one State into another is obliged to cross the frontier be tween certain points fixed by the contracting States. These points are shown on the aeronautical maps.
3. All necessary information concerning customs aerodromes within a State, including any altera- tions made to the list and any corresponding alterations necessary on the aeronautical maps and the dates when such alterations become valid, and all other information concerning any international aerodromes which may be established, shall be communicated by the State concerned to the Inter- national Commission for Air Navigation, which shall notify such information to all of the contracting States. The contracting States may agree to establish international aerodromes at which there may be joint customs services for two or more States.