559281-1928-Air-Navigation-Colonies-Protectorates-and-Mandated-Territories-Order-1927 — Page 6

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1928.

(2) An aircraft in or over the Colony shall not—

(a) be used to carry out any trick flying or exhibition flying over any

city or town area or populous district; or

(b) be used to carry out any trick flying or exhibition flying over any regatta, race meeting or meeting for public games or sports, except where specially arranged for in writing by the promoters of such regatta or meeting; or

(c) be flown in such circumstances as, by reason of low altitude or proximity to persons or dwellings or for any other reason, to cause unnecessary danger to any person or property on land or

water.

(3) A person shall not smoke in any aircraft registered in the Colony wherever such aircraft may be, or in any other aircraft when in or over the Colony.

(4) A person shall not commit any act, whether by interference with the pilot or a member of the operative crew, or by tampering with the air- craft or its equipment, or by disorderly conduct, or by any other means, likely to imperil the safety of any aircraft, its passengers, or crew.

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11. Where it appears to any person authorized in writing by the Power to prevent Governor for the purposes of this article that any aircraft is intended or contravention of likely to be flown in such circumstances that the flight would be in con- Order. travention of any of the provisions of subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1) of article 4, or subparagraph (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 contravention of any directions given under this article shall be deemed to have acted in contravention of this Order.

12. A person acting as, or carried in an aircraft for the purpose of act- Drunkenness of ing as, pilot, commander, navigator, engineer, or operative member of the pilots, &c. crow thereof, shall not, while so acting or carried, be in a state of intoxica- tion 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.

13. A person shall not drop or cause or permit to be dropped from an Dropping of aircraft flying within the Colony any article except-

(1) ballast as authorised by paragraph 35 of Schedule IV. to this

Order:

(2) articles dropped in accordance with directions issued by the

Governor.

articles from aircraft.

14. There shall be carried and maintained in working order in every Instruments, British aircraft registered in the Colony, when flying, such instruments and &c., to be carried

by British equipment applicable to the class or description of the aircraft as may be aircraft. prescribed, and any directions of the Governor as to the manner in which, and the persons by whom any particular instruments or equipment are to be used shall be complied with as if they were contained in this Order.

15.-(1) The Governor may give directions prescribing the conditions Wireless in which British aircraft registered in the Colony shall, when flying,

(i) carry wireless telegraphy apparatus; and

(ii) carry certified operators; and

(iii) maintain wireless telegraphy service;

telography.