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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 17, 1937. 929
(3) Nothing in this Article shall be taken to prevent the pilot of a public transport or aerial work flying machine exercising supervision over a member of the operating crew thereof who is manoeuvring the machine as permitted by this Order, or by directions issued thereunder, notwithstanding that such pilot has not been authorized as aforesaid.
10B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Order, it shall not be lawful-
(a) for a person under the age of seventeen years to have sole control of an aircraft in motion; or
(b) for any person to cause or permit a person apparently under the age of seventeen years to have sole control of an aircraft in motion:
Provided that, in any prosecution for a contravention of paragraph (b) of this Article, it shall be a defence to prove that the person apparently under the age of seventeen years was at the time of the alleged contravention actually of or over that age.
Order.
11. Where it appears to any person authorized in writing Power to
to prevent by the Governor for the purposes of this article that any fights in aircraft is intended or likely to be flown in such circumstances contraven- that the flight would be in contravention of any of the tion of provisions of sub-paragraph (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1) of article 4, or sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (1) of article 5, or article 19 of this Order, or in such circumstances as to infringe any other provision of this Order and to be a cause of danger to persons in the aircraft or to persons or property on the ground, the person so authorized may give such directions, and take such steps by way of detention of the aircraft or otherwise in relation thereto, as appear to him to be necessary in order to prevent the flight, and, without prejudice to any provisions of this Order with respect to the obstruction of authorized persons, any person acting in con- travention of any directions given under this article shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of this Order.
ness of
pilots, &c.
12. A person acting as, or carried in an aircraft for the Drunken- purpose of acting as, pilot, commander, navigator, engineer, or operative member of the crew thereof, shall not, while so acting or carried, be in a state of intoxication or in a state in which, by reason of his having taken or used any sedative narcotic or stimulant drug or preparation, his capacity so to act is impaired, and no other person while in a state of intoxication shall enter or be in any aircraft.
Parachute
descents and dropping of a articles.
13. A person shall not, except in a case of emergency, descend by means of a parachute from an aircraft flying within the Colony, and no article, whether attached to parachute or not, shall be dropped from any such aircraft, unless the descent is made or the article is dropped in accordance with and subject to any conditions or limitations contained in directions or any special permission in writing given by the Governor :
** As amended by O. in C. of 25.10.35 (G. N. 114 of 1936) in force 1.1.36.
As amended by O. in C. of 1.7.37 (G.N. 819 of 1937) in force 1.8.37.
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