LAWS OF MALAYSIA

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Act 3

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1969

As at 31 October 2016
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CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1969

Date of Royal Assent … … 15 February 1969

Date of publication in the Gazette … … 27 February 1969

Latest amendment made by

Act A1497 which came
into operation on … … … … 1 Mac 2016

PREVIOUS REPRINTS

First Reprint … … … 1992

Second Reprint … … … 2000

Third Reprint … … … 2006

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

Act 3

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1969

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Section
1. Short title and application
2. Interpretation

PART IA

DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR

GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION MALAYSIA

2A. The Director General of Civil Aviation Malaysia

2 B. Duties and functions of the Director General
2 C. Delegation of powers, duties and functions of the Director General
2D. Authority card

PART II

REGULATION OF CIVIL AVIATION

3. Power to give effect to the Chicago Convention and regulate civil aviation
4. Dangerous flying
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PART III

ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF AERODROMES

Section
5. Establishment of aerodromes by the Minister
5A. Establishment, maintenance and operation of aerodrome
6. Trespassing at licensed and Government aerodromes

PART IIIA

CIVIL AVIATION FUND

6A. Commencement of Part IIIA

6B. Interpretation
6C. Establishment of Civil Aviation Fund

6D. Money required to be paid to the Fund

6 E. Application of the moneys of the Fund

6F. Power of the Minister of Finance to determine development expenditure

from Fund
6G. Surplus money in Fund
6H. Repayment of appropriation and payment of interest
6I. Financial policy in respect of civil aviation services
6J. Commercial Accounts
6K. Application of profits
6L. Funding
6M. Minister’s report to Parliament
6N. Audit
6O. Saving
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PART IV

CONTROL OF OBSTRUCTIONS IN VICINITY OF

AERODROMES

Section
7. Indication of presence of obstructions near aerodromes
8. Power to declare a controlled area
9. Power to prohibit or regulate erection of structures and planting trees in
controlled area
10. Notice to remove or alter structures, trees and other vegetation in controlled
area
11. Power of entry on land
12. Damage caused by reduction or removal of structure or valuable tree or plant
13. Damage caused by entry on land under section 11
14. Compensation for loss of value of land
15. Procedure of settling claims for compensation under sections 12, 13 and 14
16. Certain offences and penalty
17. Power to make rules
18. (Deleted)

PART V
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY
AIRCRAFT

19. Trespass, nuisance and responsibility for damage

20. Nuisance caused by aircraft on aerodromes

PART VI

DETENTION OF AIRCRAFT

21. Exemption of aircraft and parts thereof from seizure on patent claims
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Section
22. Detention of aircraft

PART VII
WRECK AND SALVAGE

23. Wreck and salvage

PART VIII
RESTRICTION ON CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES
AND COMPENSATION

24. Restriction on claims for damages and compensation

PART VIIIA

LICENCE TO PROVIDE AIRPORT AND

AVIATION SERVICES

24A. Power of Minister to grant a licence to provide airport and aviation services
24B. Charges and fees collected by licensed company
24C. Submission of memorandum for any change in existing charges and fees
24D. Minister to make regulations in respect of change in charges and fees
24E. General duties of licensed company
24F. Contravention of conditions of licence
24G. (Deleted)
24H. Inspectorial power of Director General
24I. Suspension or revocation of licence on breach of condition of licence
24J. Suspension or revocation of licence on breach of this Act or regulations
under it
24K. Special power in emergency

24L. Use, occupation, etc., of lands in Malacca and Penang under

Article 166(3)
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PART VIIIB
ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATION

Section

24LA. Authorized officer

24LB. Powers of enforcement, inspection and investigation

24LC. Power to require information
24LD. Power to conduct inspection
24LE. Power to investigate
24LF. Giving false or misleading information, evidence or document
24LG. Compliance order
24LH. Tipping off

PART IX

MISCELLANEOUS

24M. Offence by body corporate

24N. Power to compound
24O. Publication of notices, etc.

25. Extra-territorial application of subsidiary legislation

26. Offences
27. Military aircraft
27A. (Deleted)

PART X

TRANSITIONALS

28. Repeal of certain laws and saving provisions

SCHEDULE
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

Act 3

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1969

An Act to make better provision in the law relating to Civil Aviation and for
matters connected therewith and ancillary to it.

[Throughout Malaysia—27 February 1969;

Part IIIA: Peninsular Malaysia—1 May 1975,
P.U.(B)163/1975]

BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with

the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and application

1. This Act may be cited as the Civil Aviation Act 1969 and shall extend
throughout Malaysia.

Interpretation

2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“aerodrome” means any area of land or water, including any airport,

airstrip (including water airstrip), heliport, building, installation and
equipment, for the use wholly or partly for the arrival, departure or
movement of aircraft;
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“airport” means the aggregate of the lands comprised within an aerodrome

including buildings, aircraft hangars, storage, facilities, roads and car parks
used or intended to be used in whole or in part for the purposes of or in
connection with the operation of such aerodrome;

“cargo” means moveable property carried in aircraft;

“Chicago Convention” means the Convention on International Civil

Aviation concluded at Chicago on 7 December 1944;

“crew” includes every person employed or engaged in an aircraft in flight

on the business of the aircraft;

“controlled area” means any area declared to be a controlled area under

section 8;

“damage or loss” include, in relation to a person, loss of life and personal

injury;

“Director General” means the Director General of Civil Aviation Malaysia;

“erection” in relation to a structure includes an addition or alteration to any

existing structure;

“goods” and “articles” include mails and animals;

“Government aerodrome” means any aerodrome under the control of the

Minister and includes any aerodrome of the Armed Forces or any visiting
force;

“hire or reward” means any payment, consideration, gratuity or benefit,

directly or indirectly charged, demanded, received or collected by any person
for the use of an aircraft;

“land” includes land covered with water and any right in or over land;

“licensed company” means the company to which a licence is issued by the

Minister under subsection 24A(1);
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“Malaysian aircraft” means an aircraft registered in any part of Malaysia;

“military aircraft” means aircraft in the military service of the Armed

Forces and include any aircraft that is commanded by a member of the
Armed Forces in the course of his duties as such a member;

“structure” includes any house, warehouse, office, shop, school and any
other building, whether permanent or temporary, whether used for the
purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform,
staging, gatepost, pillar, poling, frame, boarding, bridge, cable, wire or any
other artificial obstruction raised above ground level.

(2) Any reference in this Act to any country or territory shall, unless the
context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to the
territorial waters, if any, adjacent to that country or territory and to the
airspace over that country or territory and over the territorial waters adjacent
to it.

PART IA

DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR

GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION MALAYSIA

The Director General of Civil Aviation Malaysia

2A. The Director General of Civil Aviation Malaysia shall perform the
duties and functions assigned to him under this Act.

Duties and functions of the Director General

2B. It shall be the duty and function of the Director General—

(a) to exercise regulatory functions in respect of civil aviation and

airport and aviation services including the establishment of
standards and their enforcement;
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(b) to represent the Government in respect of civil aviation matters

and to do all things necessary for this purpose;

(c) to ensure the safe and orderly growth of civil aviation throughout
Malaysia;

(d) to encourage the development of airways, airport and air

navigation facilities for civil aviation;

(e) to promote the provision of efficient airport and aviation services

by the licensed company; and

(f) to promote the interests of users of airport and aviation services in

Malaysia in respect of the prices charged for, and the quality and
variety of, services provided by the licensed company.

Delegation of powers, duties and functions of the Director General

2C. (1) The Director General may, in writing, delegate any of the powers,
duties and functions conferred on him by this Act.

(2) Any person to whom any power, duty or function has been delegated
under subsection (1) shall comply with all the conditions and restrictions
imposed by the Director General and all the requirements, procedures and
matters specified by the Director General.

(3) Any power, duty or function delegated under subsection (1) shall be
exercised, discharged or performed in the name of the Director General.

(4) A delegation under this section shall not preclude the Director
General himself from exercising, discharging or performing at any time any
of the delegated powers, duties or functions.

(5) A delegation under this section may be revoked or varied at any time
by the Director General.
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Authority card

2D. Any person when acting under this Act shall, on demand, declare his
office, and produce to the person against whom he is acting or from whom he
seeks any information such authority card as the Director General may direct
to be carried by such person.

PART II

REGULATION OF CIVIL AVIATION

Power to give effect to the Chicago Convention and regulate civil

aviation

3. (1) The Minister may make such regulations as he considers

necessary or expedient to give effect to and for the better carrying out of the
objects and purposes of this Act, to provide generally for regulating civil
aviation and for carrying out the Chicago Convention, any Annex to it and
any amendments of such Convention and Annexes.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), and without

prejudice to this Act, the Minister may make regulations making provision
for—

(a) regulating the use of aircrafts on flights for hire or reward by

establishing a system of certification or otherwise in respect of
technical and safety matters;

(b) the registration and marking of aircraft in Malaysia;

(c) imposing conditions before any aircraft shall be allowed to fly

including conditions relating to air worthiness, maintenance and
repair, of such aircraft;

(d) requiring persons performing prescribed functions in relation to

the operation or maintenance of aircraft to be the holders of
licences or certificates of specified kinds and providing for the
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grant, revocation, extension, validation, suspension or variation of

such certificates or licences;

(dd) the licensing, inspection and regulation of aerodromes, for access

to aerodromes and places where aircrafts have landed and for
prohibiting or regulating the use of unlicensed aerodromes;

(e) regulating the use of, or restricting the entry to, aerodromes,
aircraft factories or maintenance establishments or such other
place as may be expedient including places where aircraft parts
and engines are maintained;

(f) prescribing the conditions under which, and in particular the

aerodromes to or from which, aircraft entering or leaving
Malaysia may fly, and the conditions under which aircraft may fly
from one part of Malaysia to another;

(g) prescribing the conditions under which passengers and cargo may
be carried by air and under which aircraft may be used for other
commercial, industrial or gainful purposes, and prohibiting the
carriage by air of goods of such classes as may be prescribed;

(h) minimizing or preventing interference with the use or

effectiveness of apparatus used in connection with air navigation
and prohibiting or regulating the use of such apparatus and the
display of signs and lights liable to endanger aircraft;

(i) generally securing the safety, efficiency and regularity of air

navigation and the safety of aircraft and of persons and cargo
carried in it, and preventing aircraft endangering other persons
and property;

(j) requiring persons engaged in, or employed in or in connection

with, air navigation to supply meteorological information for the
purposes of air navigation;

(k) regulating the making of signals and other communications by or

to aircraft and persons carried in it;
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(l) prescribing a civil air ensign for Malaysia and regulating its use;

(m) prohibiting or restricting aircraft from flying over such areas in

Malaysia as may be prescribed;

(n) prescribing the charges and fees payable to the Department of

Civil Aviation as required under this Act and the manner for
collecting and disbursing such charges and fees;

(nn) (Deleted by Act A1497);

(o) prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of the issue, validation,

renewal, extension or variation of any certificate, licence or other
document or the undergoing of any examination or test required
by regulations made under this Act and in respect of any other
matters in respect of which it appears to the Minister to be
expedient for the purpose of regulations made under this Act to
charge fees;

(p) exempting from the provisions of regulations made under this Act
or any of them any aircraft, flights or persons or classes of
aircraft, persons or flights;

(q) the investigation in such manner as may be prescribed, including

by means of a tribunal established for the purpose, of any
accident either occurring in Malaysia or occurring to Malaysian
aircraft;

(r) prohibiting access to or interference with aircraft to which an

accident has occurred, and authorizing any person, so far as may
be necessary for the purpose of an investigation, to have access
to, remove, take measures for the preservation of, or otherwise
deal with any such aircraft;

(s) requiring any person who owns an aircraft or who carries on the
business of operating aircraft for reward to furnish such
information relating to the aircraft, the crew, the mails, the
passengers, and the cargo carried, other work performed by the
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aircraft, the journeys made by the aircraft and such traffic reports,
cost statistics and financial statements, showing amongst other
things, all receipts and the sources of it, as may be prescribed; and

(t) prescribing the powers, including powers of arrest, that may be

exercised by the members of the crew of an aircraft, in relation to
persons on board the aircraft, for the purpose of ensuring the
safety of the aircraft or its passengers, crew or cargo or otherwise
for the purposes of this Act or regulations made under this Act.

(2A) Subject to subsection (4), regulations made under this section may
provide for the imposition of the following penalties:

(a) where the offence is committed by an individual, a fine not

exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or to both; or

(b) where the offence is committed by a body corporate, a fine not

exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit.

(3) In the case of a regulation made in pursuance of paragraph (2)(m),

may also provide for the taking of such steps (including firing on aircrafts) as
may be specified in regulations made under this Act.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), any regulations made in pursuance

of paragraph (2(a) may provide for the imposition of the following penalties:

(a) in the case of a first offence—

(i) where the offence is committed by an individual, a fine not

exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding three years or both; or

(ii) where the offence is committed by a body corporate, a fine

not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit; or

(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence—

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(i) where the offence is committed by an individual, a fine not

exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or imprisonment for
a term not exceeding five years or both; or

(ii) where the offence is committed by a body corporate, a fine

not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand ringgit.

Dangerous flying

4. (1) Where an aircraft is flown in such a manner as to be the cause of

unnecessary danger to any person or property on land or water, the pilot or
the person in charge of the aircraft, and also the owner of it, unless he proves
to the satisfaction of the court that the aircraft was so flown without his
actual fault or privity, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be
liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not
exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit, or to both.

(2) For the purpose of this section, “owner”, in relation to an aircraft,

includes any person by whom the aircraft is hired at the time of the offence.

(3) This section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any
provisions made by the Minister under the powers conferred by section 3.

PART III
ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF
AERODROMES

Establishment of aerodromes by the Minister

5. (1) The Minister may establish and maintain aerodromes, and provide
and maintain in connection with it, roads, approaches, apparatus, equipment
and buildings and other accommodation.
(2) The Minister may for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred
by subsection (1) acquire land by agreement or in accordance with the
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appropriate law in force in the relevant part of Malaysia relating to the

acquisition of land for public purposes.

(3) The purposes for which the Minister may acquire land under this
section include the purpose of securing that the land adjacent to the site of an
aerodrome which the Minister has established, or is about to establish, shall
not be used in such manner as to cause interference with, or danger or
damage to, aircraft at, or approaching or leaving, the aerodrome.

Establishment, maintenance and operation of aerodrome

5A. (1) The Minister may—

(a) authorize any person to establish an aerodrome in Malaysia for

the take-off and landing of any aircraft engaged in the carriage of
passengers, mail or cargo for hire or reward; and

(b) authorize any person to establish, and license any person to

maintain or operate, an aerodrome in Malaysia for the take-off
and landing of any aircraft engaged in the carriage of passengers,
mail or cargo not for hire or reward.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the Minister may impose such
terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) Any person who establishes an aerodrome without an authorization or

maintains or operates an aerodrome without a licence under subsection (1)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
ten years or to both.

(4) Any person who fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions
imposed under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on
conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
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Trespassing at licensed and Government aerodromes

6. (1) Any person who trespasses on any land forming part of an

aerodrome, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a
fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit:

Provided that no person shall be liable to conviction under this section

unless it is proved that, at the material time, notices warning trespassers of
their liability under this section were posted, so as to be readily seen and read
by members of the public, in such positions on or near the boundary of the
aerodrome as appear to the court to be proper.

(2) Any person being the owner or for the time being having charge of a
domestic animal which trespasses on land forming part of an aerodrome shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding ten thousand ringgit.

(3) Any animal found on land forming part of an aerodrome may be

destroyed by the proprietor of the aerodrome or by a person authorized by
him:

Provided that if any such animal is for the time being in the charge of a
person, such animal shall not be destroyed unless such person, upon being
requested so to do, fails to remove the animal within a time which is in the
circumstances reasonable.

(4) (Deleted by Act A803).

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PART IIIA

CIVIL AVIATION FUND

*Commencement of Part IIIA

6A. This Part shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by
notification in the Gazette appoint; and the Minister may appoint different
dates for the coming into force for different parts of Malaysia.

Interpretation

6B. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“appointed date” means the date appointed under section 6A and if different
dates are appointed under that section for different parts of Malaysia, the
relevant date on which this Part comes into force for that part of Malaysia;

“civil aviation authority” means the Director General of Civil Aviation

Malaysia, and includes an officer empowered by him to perform all or any of
the functions conferred on the civil aviation authority under this Part;

“civil aviation services” includes all services connected with air navigation
and Government aerodromes except for purposes of defence of the realm by
air and for the purpose of this definition “Government aerodromes” shall not
include any aerodrome of the armed forces or any visiting force;

“Development Fund” means the Development Fund specified in the

Second Schedule to the Financial Procedure Act 1957 [Act 61];

“transfer date” means the date on which any designated property in a

designated airport, which the Government of Malaysia was entitled to, is
transferred to a company by virtue of the Airport and Aviation Services
(Operating Company) Act 1991 [Act 467].

*
NOTE—Part IIIA was inserted by the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act 1975 [Act A282] and came into operation
on 28-02-1975.
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Establishment of Civil Aviation Fund

6C. (1) There is hereby established a fund to be known as the Civil

Aviation Fund (hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”) which shall be
controlled and operated by the Director General in accordance with this Part.

(2) The monetary transaction of the civil aviation authority shall be

processed through the Fund, and for this purpose the following new item is
hereby incorporated into the Second Schedule to the Financial Procedure
Act 1957—

“Civil Aviation Fund.”.

(3) On the establishment of the Fund and notwithstanding

subsection 9(6) of the Financial Procedure Act 1957, the balances in the
Trust Accounts in respect of the civil aviation authority except the
Development Fund Trust Account shall be paid to the Fund.

Money required to be paid to the Fund

6D. (1) Notwithstanding the relevant provision of the Financial Procedure

Act 1957 and the Development Funds Act 1966 [Act 406] there shall be paid
from time to time into the Fund—

(a) such sums as may be appropriated from the Consolidated

Revenue Account for the purposes of civil aviation services;

(b) such sums as may be appropriated from the Development Fund

for expenditure on the development and expansion of the civil
aviation services;

(c) all receipts in respect of any licence issued or of any works or

services performed by the civil aviation authority which were
paid or will be paid out of—

(i) moneys standing to the credit of the Fund; or

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(ii) moneys appropriated to the civil aviation authority after the

transfer date in respect of civil aviation services;

(d) moneys received from the sale or lease or hire of any property
controlled by the civil aviation authority or acquired or produced
out of—

(i) moneys standing to the credit of the Fund; or

(ii) any moneys appropriated before the appointed date in respect

of civil aviation services;

(e) interest received from the investment of moneys standing to the

credit of the Fund;

(f) moneys received by the Federation in respect of any matter

incidental to the performance of any functions or the exercise of
any powers conferred upon the civil aviation authority by this
Act; and

(g) any other moneys received by the Federation in such

circumstances as the Minister of Finance considers appropriate to
be paid to the Fund:

Provided that in all cases any moneys received by the civil

aviation authority between 1 January of the year of the appointed
date and the date immediately preceding the appointed date which
would have to be paid to the Fund under this subsection had the
moneys been received on or after the appointed date, shall be
accounted for in the Fund, subject to an amount not exceeding the
receipts for the period of six months immediately preceding the
appointed date.

(2) Payments into the Fund of moneys referred to in paragraphs (1)(a)

and (b) shall be made in such sums and at such times as the Minister of
Finance directs.
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Application of the moneys of the Fund

6E. (1) Notwithstanding the relevant provisions of the Financial Procedure

Act 1957 and the Development Funds Act 1966 moneys standing to the
credit of the Fund may be applied by the Director General for the following
purposes:

(a) payment of the remuneration of the Director General and other

persons employed by the Government in the Civil Aviation
Department including contributions to the Employees Provident
Fund or other schemes approved by the Government in respect of
such persons;

(b) payment for the cost of goods and services acquired for the
purposes of the civil aviation services and for the acquisition of
movable and immovable property incidental to the carrying out of
works and services pursuant to this Act;

(c) payment to the appropriate Consolidated Accounts by ways of

reimbursement in respect of—

(i) pensions, gratuities and other allowances granted under the

pensions laws to the Director General and other persons
employed by the Government in the Civil Aviation
Department or their dependants;

(ii) interest and other charges and the principal repayments on

loans raised and appropriated after the appointed date for the
purposes of the civil aviation services; and

(iii) any moneys required to satisfy any judgement, decision or

award against the Federation by any court or tribunal in
connection with the operation of civil aviation services;

(d) payments in discharge of any liabilities incurred by the Federation

on the civil aviation services; and
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(e) payment of any other expenditure properly incurred or accepted

by the civil aviation authority in the exercise of its powers and
functions under this Act:

Provided that in all cases any payment by the civil aviation

authority between 1 January of the year of the appointed date and
the date immediately preceding the appointed date which would
have to be made out of the Fund under this subsection had the
payment been made on or after the appointed date, shall be
accounted for in the Fund.

(2) Moneys standing to the credit of the Fund may be invested in

accordance with subsection 8(3) of the Financial Procedure Act 1957.

Power of the Minister of Finance to determine development expenditure

from Fund

6F. The Minister of Finance, after consultation with the Minister, may
before or during a financial year determine the maximum amount to be paid
out of the Fund during that financial year in respect of development
expenditure for civil aviation services.

Surplus money in Fund

6G. There shall be paid out of the Fund into the Consolidated Revenue
Account such sums as may be determined by the Minister of Finance after
consultation with the Minister to be surplus to the requirements of the Fund
in any financial year.

Repayment of appropriation and payment of interest

6H. The Minister of Finance may if he considers it appropriate to do so—

(a) direct payment out of the Fund in such amounts and at such times
as he specifies to the Consolidated Revenue Account or the
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Development Fund of sums paid into the Fund under

paragraphs 6D(1)(a) and (b);

(b) direct the payment out of the Fund at such times as he specifies to
the Consolidated Revenue Account of amounts representing
interest at such rates as he determines upon so much of any
amount to which the paragraph (a) applies that has not been
repaid.

Financial policy in respect of civil aviation services

6I. In the administration of this Act in relation to the civil aviation services
the Director General shall pursue a policy directed towards achieving in
respect of each financial year, such financial results as determined by the
Minister in consultation with the Minister of Finance.

Commercial Accounts

6J. (1) Notwithstanding the relevant provision of the Financial Procedure

Act 1957 and any regulations made and instructions issued under it, the
books and accounts of the civil aviation authority shall be kept in accordance
with generally accepted commercial accounting principles and practices.

(2) All the assets and liabilities of the civil aviation authority as on 1
January of the year of the appointed date which are not reflected in the
financial accounts of the Federation shall be incorporated into the
commercial accounts and the net worth of it shall be treated as capital of the
Federation invested in the civil aviation authority on that date.

(3) The Director General with the concurrence of the Treasury shall issue
directions and instructions as to the manner in which the books and accounts
shall be kept and the form in which statements of accounts shall be submitted
for audit.
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Application of profits

6K. The net profit arising from the civil aviation services in respect of a
financial year shall be applied in such manner as the Minister with the
concurrence of the Minister of Finance determines.

Funding

6L. Each year the Director General shall submit through the Minister to the
Treasury the estimated income and expense statement on the operations of
civil aviation services in respect of the next succeeding financial year, the
total cash requirement for operating and development expenditure to be
incurred in respect of those services during that year and the sources from
which the moneys to be expended are proposed to be obtained. In support of
this statement the Director General shall submit details of the development
programme which he proposes to undertake in the next succeeding financial
year and other matters relating to civil aviation services as the Treasury
considers appropriate.

Minister’s report to Parliament

6M. The Minister shall cause to be laid before each House of Parliament
before the commencement of each financial year a statement of the estimated
financial results which he expects to achieve in the next succeeding financial
year together with the details of the proposed development programme and
the sources from which the programme will be financed.

Audit

6N. (1) The commercial accounts of the civil aviation authority shall be
audited annually by the Auditor General and the provisions of the Audit Act
1957 [Act 62] shall apply.

(2) The Director General shall, not later than 31 March of the following
year or such later date as the Minister of Finance may determine transmit to
the Auditor General the financial statements of the commercial accounts
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referred to in subsection (1) which will consist of the balance sheet, profit
and loss statement and such other supporting statements as may be required
by the Treasury.

(3) The audited statements shall be submitted to the Minister of Finance,

who shall cause them to be laid before each House of Parliament.

Saving

6O. Save as otherwise provided in this Part, the Financial Procedure

Act 1957 and the Development Funds Act 1966 and any regulations made
and instructions issued under it shall apply to the Director General and other
persons employed by the Government in the Civil Aviation Department.

PART IV

CONTROL OF OBSTRUCTIONS IN VICINITY OF

AERODROMES

Indication of presence of obstructions near aerodromes

7. (1) If the Minister is satisfied, with respect to any building, structure or

erection in the vicinity of an aerodrome, that, in order to secure that aircraft,
including military aircraft, flying in the vicinity may be navigated with safety
and efficiency, provision ought to be made, whether by lighting or otherwise,
for giving to such aircraft warning of the presence of that structure, he may,
by order under his hand, authorize the licensee or any person in charge of an
aerodrome and any person acting under the instruction of the licensee or the
person in charge—

(a) to execute, install, maintain, operate and, as occasion requires,

repair and alter, such works and apparatus as may be necessary
for enabling such warning to be given in the manner specified in
the order; and
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(b) so far as may be necessary for exercising any of the powers

conferred by the order to enter upon and pass over, with or
without vehicles, any such land as may be specified in the order:

Provided that no such order shall be made in relation to any

structure if it appears to the Minister that there have been made,
and are being carried out, satisfactory arrangements for the giving
of such warning of the presence of the structure.

(2) The Minister shall, before making any such order, cause to be
published, in such manner as he thinks best for informing persons concerned,
notice of the proposal to make the order and of the place where copies of the
draft order may be obtained free of charge, and take into consideration any
representations with respect to the order which may, within such period not
being less than two months after the publication of the notice as may be
specified in it, be made to him by any person appearing to him to have an
interest in any land which would be affected by the order; and, at the end of
that period, the order may, subject to this section, be made with such
modifications, if any, of the original draft as the Minister thinks proper.

(3) Every such order shall provide—

(a) that, except in a case of emergency, no works shall be executed

on any land in pursuance of the order unless, at least fourteen
days previously, the licensee or any person in charge of an
aerodrome to which the order relates has served, in the manner
specified in the order, on the occupier of that land and on every
other person known by the licensee or the person in charge to
have an interest in it, a written notice containing such particulars
of the nature of the proposed works, and the manner in which,
and the time at which, it is proposed to execute them, as may be
specified by, or in accordance with, the order;

(b) that if, within fourteen days after service of such notice on any
person having such an interest, the licensee or any person in
charge of an aerodrome receives a written intimation of objection
on the part of that person to the proposals contained in the notice,
being an intimation which specifies the grounds of objection,
then, unless and except in so far as the objection is withdrawn, no
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steps shall be taken in pursuance of the notice without the specific

sanction of the Minister; and

(c) for requiring the licensee or any person in charge of an aerodrome

to which the order relates to pay to any person having an interest
in any land affected by the order such compensation for any
damage or loss which that person may suffer in consequence of
the order as may, in default of agreement, be determined from
time to time by a single arbitrator appointed by the Chief Judge of
the appropriate High Court.

(4) For the purpose of this subsection, any expense reasonably incurred
in connection with the lawful removal of any apparatus installed in
pursuance of such an order, and so much of any expense incurred in
connection with the repair, alteration, demolition or removal of any structure
to which such an order relates as is attributable to the operation of the order,
shall be deemed to be damage or loss suffered in consequence of the order.

(5) The ownership of anything shall not be taken to be affected by reason

only that it is placed in, or affixed to, any land in pursuance of such an order
as aforesaid; and, subject to subsection (7), so long as any such order in
respect of an aerodrome is in force, no person shall, except with the consent
of the licensee or any person in charge of an aerodrome, willfully interfere
with any works or things which, to the knowledge of that person, are works
or things executed or placed in, on or over any land in pursuance of the
order.

(6) If any person contravenes subsection (5), he shall be guilty of an

offence and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit, or to
both.

(7) Nothing in this section shall operate, in relation to any structure, so as

to restrict the doing of any work for the purpose of repairing, altering,
demolishing or removing the structure if—

(a) notice of the doing of that work is given as soon as may be to the
licensee or any person in charge of an aerodrome; and
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(b) the giving of warning of the presence of the structure in the

manner provided by any order under this section in force in
relation thereto is not interrupted.

Power to declare a controlled area

8. Whenever it appears to the Minister that it is, or is likely to become,

necessary for the safety of air navigation in the vicinity of an aerodrome or
for securing the efficient operation of any aid to air navigation, whether
situated at or in the vicinity of an aerodrome or elsewhere that any area
should be cleared or kept clear of obstructions, he may, in conjunction with
the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the State concerned, by order, declare
that area to be a controlled area for the purposes of this Part and shall define
the boundaries of that area.

Power to prohibit or regulate erection of structures and planting trees in

controlled area

9. The Minister may, in conjunction with the Ruler or the Yang di-Pertua
Negeri of the State concerned, at any time, by order, prohibit, absolutely or
conditionally, or regulate the erection of any structure above a height
specified in such order, or the planting of any tree or other high growing
vegetation within a controlled area or any part of such area.

Notice to remove or alter structures, trees and other vegetation in

controlled area

10. (1) The Minister, or any officer authorized by the Minister in that
behalf, may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier of any land
subject to any order under section 9, within such time, not being less than
one month from the date of the service of such notice upon the person
concerned, as may be fixed by the notice—

(a) to remove or reduce in height any structure on such land which is

above the height specified in such order, whether such structure
was erected before or after the making of such order, or any tree
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or other high growing vegetation, either planted in contravention

of such order or likely, in the opinion of the Minister, to cause an
obstruction to aircraft or to hinder the operation of any aid to air
navigation; and

(b) to take such steps in regard to, or to effect such alterations to, any
structure, tree or other vegetation on any land within a controlled
area, or any part of such area, as may be necessary to comply with
any conditions imposed by any order under section 9 applicable
to such structure, trees or vegetation or, in the case of any
structure erected or tree or vegetation existing before the making
of such order, which would have been applicable to such
structure, tree or other vegetation if it had been erected or planted
after the making of such order.

(2) If default shall be made in complying with such notice within the
time fixed by such notice, any officer authorized by the Minister, either
generally or specially in that behalf, may enter upon such land and cause
such action to be taken as is required by such notice, and may recover the
cost of, and all expenses incurred in doing, any necessary work from the
person in default.

Power of entry on land

11. Any officer authorized in that behalf by the Minister, and any person
employed in that behalf under the supervision of any such officer, may, from
time to time, enter upon, survey and take levels of any controlled area and
may do all other acts necessary for such survey and for the purpose of
marking out the boundaries of such area or any part of it:

Provided that no such officer or person shall enter into any building or
enclosed garden or compound attached to any building without the consent
of the occupier unless he shall have previously given such occupier at least
three clear days’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.
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Damage caused by reduction or removal of structure or valuable tree or

plant

12. When any structure or valuable tree or plant is reduced in height or

removed, or any expense is reasonably incurred in compliance with any
order or the conditions of any order under section 9, the owner or occupier of
the land shall, unless such structure was erected or such tree or plant was
planted in contravention of any order under section 9 or of the conditions
imposed by it, be entitled to compensation to the extent to which he has
suffered damage or loss by reason of such reduction or removal or has
incurred such expense.

Damage caused by entry on land under section 11

13. Where any damage is done to property in the exercise or purported

exercise of any power conferred by section 11, the owner or occupier shall
be entitled to compensation to the extent to which he has suffered damage by
it.

Compensation for loss of value of land

14. Where any land in a controlled area is affected by any order under
section 9 prohibiting or regulating the erection of any structure or the
planting of any tree or vegetation, the owner or occupier of it shall be entitled
to compensation to the extent, if any, that the value of his land, or his interest
in such land, is shown to have been, by reason of such order, depreciated in
relation to the current ordinary market value of neighbouring land not
included in that order.

Procedure of settling claims for compensation under sections 12, 13

and 14

15. Where any person is entitled to any compensation by virtue of

section 12, 13 or 14, the amount of such compensation shall be determined
by agreement or, in default of agreement, by a single arbitrator appointed by
the Chief Judge of the appropriate High Court.
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Certain offences and penalty

16. (1) Any person who does any act in contravention of, or fails without
reasonable excuse to comply with the terms of, any order or notice made or
issued under section 9 or 10 shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction
shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a
fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit, or to both.

(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs any person in the exercise of any
of the powers conferred by this Part or by any subsidiary legislation made
under this Part shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be
liable—

(a) where such person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding fifty

thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three years or to both; or

(b) where such person is a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding

one hundred thousand ringgit.

Power to make rules

17. The Minister may make rules generally for carrying into effect the
provisions of this Part.

18. (Deleted by Act A803).

PART V

LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY

AIRCRAFT

Trespass, nuisance and responsibility for damage

19. (1) No action shall lie in respect of trespass or in respect of nuisance,

by reason only of the flight of aircraft over any property at a height above the
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ground, which, having regard to wind, weather, and all the circumstances of
the case, is reasonable, or the ordinary incidents of such flight, so long as this
Act and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act are duly complied
with; but where material damage or loss is caused by an aircraft in flight,
taking off, or landing, or by any person in any such aircraft, or by any article
falling from any such aircraft, to any person or property on land or water,
damages shall be recoverable from the owner of the aircraft in respect of
such damage or loss, without proof of negligence or intention or other cause
of action, as though the same had been caused by his wilful act, neglect or
default, except where the damage or loss was caused by or contributed to by
the negligence of the person by whom the same was suffered:

Provided that where material damage or loss is caused as aforesaid in

circumstances in which—

(a) damages are recoverable from the owner in respect of such

damage or loss by virtue only of the preceding provisions of this
section; and

(b) a legal liability is created in some person other than the owner to
pay damages in respect of such damage or loss,

the owner shall be entitled to be indemnified by that other person against any
claim in respect of the damage or loss.

(2) Where any aircraft has been bona fide demised, let or hired out for a
period exceeding fourteen days to any other person by the owner of it, and no
pilot, commander, navigator or operative member of the crew of the aircraft
is in the employment of the owner, this section shall have effect as though
for references to the owner there were substituted references to the person to
whom the aircraft has been so demised, let, or hired out.

Nuisance caused by aircraft on aerodromes

20. (1) Regulations made under section 3 may provide for regulating the
conditions under which noise and vibration may be caused by aircraft on
aerodromes and may provide that subsection (2) shall apply to any
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aerodrome concerning which provision as to noise and vibration caused by

aircraft is so made.

(2) No action shall lie in respect of nuisance by reason only of the noise
and vibration caused by aircraft on an aerodrome to which this subsection
applies by virtue of regulations under section 3, so long as any such
regulations are duly complied with.

PART VI

DETENTION OF AIRCRAFT

Exemption of aircraft and parts thereof from seizure on patent claims

21. (1) Any lawful entry into Malaysia or any lawful transit across
Malaysia, with or without landings, of an aircraft to which this section
applies shall not entail any seizure or detention of the aircraft or any
proceedings being brought against the owner or operator of it or any other
interference with it by or on behalf of any person in Malaysia on the ground
that the construction, mechanism, parts, accessories or operation of the
aircraft is or are an infringement of any patent, design or model.

(2) The importation into, and storage in, Malaysia of spare parts and
spare equipment for an aircraft to which this section applies and the use and
installation of it in the repair of such an aircraft shall not entail any seizure or
detention of the aircraft or of the spare parts or spare equipment or any
proceedings being brought against the owner or operator of the aircraft or the
owner of the spare parts or spare equipment or any other interference with
the aircraft by or on behalf of any person in Malaysia on the ground that the
spare parts or spare equipment or their installation are or is an infringement
of any patent, design or model:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply in relation to any spare parts
or spare equipment which are sold or distributed in Malaysia or are exported
from Malaysia for sale or distribution.
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(3) This section shall apply to an aircraft, other than an aircraft used in
military, customs or police service, registered in any country or territory in
the case of which there is for the time being in force a declaration, made by
the Minister and published in the Gazette, with a view to the fulfilment of the
Chicago Convention to which this section relates, that the benefits of those
provisions apply to that country or territory, and to such other aircraft as the
Minister may specify in any such declaration.

Detention of aircraft

22. Any regulations made under this Act may provide for the detention of
aircraft to secure compliance with this Act or any such regulations and may
make such further provisions as appears to the Minister to be necessary or
expedient for securing such detention.

PART VII

WRECK AND SALVAGE

Wreck and salvage

23. (1) Any services rendered in assisting or in saving life from, or in

saving the cargo or apparel of, an aircraft in, on or over the sea or any tidal
water, or on or over the shores of the sea or any tidal water, shall be deemed
to be salvage services in all cases in which they would have been salvage
services if they had been rendered in relation to a vessel; and, where salvage
services are rendered by an aircraft to any property or person, the owner of
the aircraft shall be entitled to the same reward for those services as he
would have been entitled to if the aircraft had been a vessel.

(2) Subsection (1) shall have effect notwithstanding that the aircraft
concerned is a foreign aircraft, and notwithstanding that the services in
question are rendered elsewhere than within the limits of the territorial
waters adjacent to any part of Malaysia.

(3) The provisions relating to vessels in distress (except in respect of

examination of ships in distress) and provisions relating to dealing with
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wrecks, unclaimed wrecks, removal of wrecks, offences in respect of wrecks,

collisions, salvage procedure, jurisdiction of the High Courts in salvage and
Receivers of wrecks contained in the law for the time being in force relating
to merchant shipping shall apply in relation to aircrafts as those provisions
apply to ships, with such modifications as may be necessary and in particular
with the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:

(a) the word “vessel” and “ship” shall respectively include aircraft;

(b) the expression “wreck” shall include any aircraft or any part of it
found derelict in or upon the seas surrounding Malaysia or the
tidal waters of it or any ports or harbours of it or upon or near the
shores of the said seas and waters or found or taken possession of
outside Malaysia and the said seas and tidal waters and
subsequently brought within those limits;

(c) the word “master” shall include the commander or other person in
charge of an aircraft;

(d) the word “shipwrecked” shall include aircraft wrecked.

PART VIII

RESTRICTION ON CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES

AND COMPENSATION

Restriction on claims for damages and compensation

24. (1) No damages or compensation in respect of any subsidiary legislation

under this Act, or of any act done under this Act or such subsidiary
legislation, shall be recoverable—

(a) save under and in accordance with the relevant provisions of this
Act and of any subsidiary legislation made under it; and
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(b) unless the claim is made within three months of happening of the
event which gave rise to the claim or within such further time as
the Minister may, in any case or class of cases, allow.

(2) This section shall not apply to any claims made under or any actions
brought in pursuance of section 19.

PART VIIIA

LICENCE TO PROVIDE AIRPORT AND

AVIATION SERVICES

Power of Minister to grant a licence to provide airport and aviation

services

24A. (1) The Minister may grant a licence to a company nominated by

the Government of Malaysia under this section to provide any services
within an aerodrome or otherwise, other than the ground handling services
and operation of an aerodrome which are subject to the Malaysian Aviation
Commission Act 2015 [Act 771].

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), every

licence issued under this section shall set out the following matters:

(a) the function to be carried out or the services to be provided by the

company; and references in this Act to any airport and aviation
services shall be references to the services so provided by the
company;

(b) the compliance by the company of performance standards

established by the Director General under paragraph 2B(a);

(c) (Deleted by Act A1497);

(d) the duration of the licence;

(e) the annual fee payable by the company;

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(f) the particular duties of the company in respect of services

provided by it; and

(g) such other matters or conditions as the Minister thinks fit.

(3) The issue of a licence to a company under subsection (1) shall not
impose any liability on the Government of Malaysia for any loss, damage,
injury or death occasioned by, or resulting from any incident or reportable
accident as a result of, any act, omission or default of the company.

(4) In this section—

“incident” means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft

which affects or could affect the safety of the operation;

“reportable accident” means an occurrence associated with the operation of

an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft
with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have
disembarked from it, in which—

(a) a person dies or is fatally or seriously injured as a result of—

(i) being in the aircraft;

(ii) direct contact with any part of the aircraft, including parts
which have become detached from the aircraft; or

(iii) direct exposure to jet blast,

except when the death or injuries are from natural causes, self-
inflicted or inflicted by other persons, or when the death or
injuries are to stowaways hiding outside the areas normally
accessible to the passengers and crew;

(b) the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which—

(i) adversely affects the structural strength, performance or

flight characteristics of the aircraft; and
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(ii) would normally require major repair or replacement of the

affected component,

except for engine failure or damage, when the damage is limited

to the engine or its cowlings or accessories, or for damage
limited to propellers, wing tips, antennae, tyres, brakes, fairings,
small dents or puncture holes in the aircraft skin; or

(c) the aircraft is missing or completely inaccessible.

Charges and fees collected by licensed company

24B. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act or the Financial Procedure

Act 1957, all charges and fees prescribed under regulations made pursuant to
section 3, which relate to the carrying out of any function or service by a
licensed company, shall be collected by, and form part of the revenue of, the
licensed company.

Submission of memorandum for any change in existing charges and fees

24C. (1) The licensed company may submit to the Minister a memorandum
containing proposals for any change in the existing charges and fees
prescribed under regulations made under section 3, which relate to the
carrying out of any of its function or service, for the approval of the Minister.

(2) The Minister shall consider the memorandum within six months of its
submission.

(3) Where the Minister approves the memorandum, he may subject his
approval to such modifications as he deems fit to the proposals in the
memorandum.

(4) Where the Minister rejects the memorandum, the licensed company
may, where there is a change in circumstances relating to the proposals in the
memorandum, apply to the Minister for a review:
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Provided that such application shall be made before the expiration of thirty
days from the date of notice of rejection of the memorandum.

(5) The Minister shall consider the application within three months of its
submission.

Minister to make regulations in respect of change in charges and fees

24D. Where the Minister approves the memorandum, with or without any
modifications, he shall as soon as practicable make regulations under section
3 in respect of the change in the existing charges and fees which relate to the
carrying out of any function or service by the licensed company.

General duties of licensed company

24E. (1) It is the duty of the licensed company to ensure that the services
provided by it meet the performance standards established by the Director
General under paragraph 2B(a).

(2) The licensed company shall have due regard to the efficiency,
economy and safety of operation in respect of the services provided by it.

Contravention of conditions of licence

24F. Any licensed company which contravenes any of the conditions of the
licence issued under this Part shall be guilty of an offence and shall on
conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit.

24G. (Deleted by Act A1192).

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Inspectorial power of Director General

24H. The Director General may for the purposes of this Act or any of the
regulations made under it enter upon any of the premises occupied by the
licensed company to inspect and examine the state of such premises or any
building or facility in it.

Suspension or revocation of licence on breach of condition of licence

24I. (1) Where the Director General is satisfied that the licensed company is
contravening, or has contravened and is likely again to contravene, any of the
conditions of its licence, the Director General may give notice in writing to
the licensed company requiring it to comply with that condition within the
period prescribed in the notice.

(2) If on the expiry of the period prescribed in such notice the licensed
company fails to comply with the condition mentioned in it, the Director
General shall submit to the Minister a report of such failure by the licensed
company and the report shall be in such form as the Director General
considers appropriate.

(3) Where, after considering the report from the Director General, the
Minister is satisfied that the contraventions were, or the apprehended
contraventions are, of a serious nature or affected or likely to affect the
public interest or safety and that the licensed company has refused to take or
has not taken all such steps as appear necessary to the Minister for the
purpose of securing compliance with the condition in question, the Minister
may give to the licensed company notice stating that he proposes to suspend
or revoke, as the case may be, its licence and such notice shall also set out or
specify—

(a) the condition of the licence which the company has contravened
and the acts or omissions which constitute such contravention;
and

(b) the period (not being less than thirty days from the date of the
notice) within which the licensed company may make
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representations with respect to the proposed suspension or

revocation, as the case may be.

(4) After the expiry of the period specified in the notice and considering
any representations made by the licensed company, the Minister shall decide
whether to proceed with the proposed action or to take no further action.

(5) A notice shall be given by the Minister to the licensed company of

his decision and the decision shall take effect from the date on which the said
notice is served on the company.

(6) The decision of the Minister under this section shall be final and
conclusive.

Suspension or revocation of licence on breach of this Act or regulations

under it

24J. (1) Where the Director General is satisfied that the licensed company
has breached or failed to comply with any provision of this Act or any of the
regulations made under it, he shall submit to the Minister a report of such
breach or non-compliance by the licensed company.

(2) Where, after considering the report from the Director General, the
Minister is satisfied that the breach or non-compliance was of a serious
nature or affected or likely to affect the public interest or safety, he shall give
notice to the licensed company stating that he proposes to suspend or revoke,
as the case may be, its licence and such notice shall also set out or specify—

(a) the provision of this Act or the regulations made under it which
the company has contravened and the acts or omissions which
constitute such contravention; and

(b) the period (not being less than thirty days from the date of the
notice) within which the licensed company may make
representations with respect to the proposed suspension or
revocation, as the case may be.
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(3) After the expiry of the period specified in the notice and considering
any representations made by the licensed company, the Minister shall decide
whether to proceed with the proposed action or to take no further action.

(4) A notice shall be given by the Minister to the licensed company of

his decision and the decision shall take effect from the date on which the said
notice is served on the company.

(5) The decision of the Minister under this section shall be final and
conclusive.

Special power in emergency

24K. (1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, on the occurrence of any
industrial unrest, strike, lock-out or any other event which gives rise to an
emergency or in the interest of public safety, authorize the Minister to—

(a) suspend the licence of the licensed company, take temporary

possession of any aerodrome and operate any airport and aviation
services in it through the Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia,
or in such manner as the Minister thinks fit; or

(b) withdraw either partially or totally the use of any airport from any
person or class of persons or from the public at large.

(2) If any doubt arises as to the existence of an emergency or whether

any act done under subsection (1) was in the interest of public safety, a
certificate signed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and exhibited at such places
as the Minister deems fit shall be conclusive proof on the point.

(3) Where the Government takes possession of any aerodrome under

paragraph (1)(a), adequate compensation shall be paid.
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Use, occupation, etc., of lands in Malacca and Penang under

Article 166(3)

24L. Where any lands in Malacca or Penang are occupied, used, controlled
and managed by the Federal Government under Clause (3) of Article 166 of
the Constitution, the State Authority, if so requested by the Minister, may
upon application in writing by the licensed company—

(a) permit the whole or a part of such land to be occupied, used,

controlled and managed by the licensed company on such terms
and conditions as may be agreed between the Federal
Government, the State Authority, and the licensed company; or

(b) alienate such land to the licensed company on such terms and
conditions as may be specified by the State Authority under and
in accordance with the National Land Code [Act No. 56 of 1965],
and agreed upon by the Federal Government.

PART VIIIB

ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATION

Authorized officer

24LA. (1) The Director General may in writing authorize any officer of the
Department of Civil Aviation to exercise the powers of enforcement under
this Act.

(2) In exercising any of the powers of enforcement under this Act, an

authorized officer shall on demand produce to the person against whom he is
acting the authority issued to him by the Director General.

Powers of enforcement, inspection and investigation

24LB. The authorized officer shall have all the powers of a police officer of
whatever rank as provided for under the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593],
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except the power to arrest without warrant, in relation to enforcement,

inspection and investigation, and such powers shall be in addition to the
powers provided for under this Act and not in derogation thereof.

Power to require information

24LC. (1) The authorized officer may make an order under subsection (2)
against any person if he has reasonable grounds to believe that person—

(a) has any information or any document that is relevant to the

performance of functions and powers under this Act; or

(b) is capable of giving any evidence which the authorized officer has
reasonable grounds to believe that the evidence is relevant to the
performance of functions and powers under this Act.

(2) The order under subsection (1) may require the person—

(a) to give the authorized officer any such information;

(b) to produce to the authorized officer any such documents, whether

in a physical form or in electronic media;

(c) to make copies of any such documents and to produce those

copies to the authorized officer;

(d) if the person is an individual, to appear before the authorized

officer at a time and place specified in the notice to give any
evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such
documents, whether in a physical form or in electronic media;

(e) if the person is a body corporate or a public body, to cause a

competent officer of the body corporate or the public body to
appear before the authorized officer at a time and place specified
in the notice to give any such evidence, either orally or in writing,
and produce any documents, whether in a physical form or in
electronic media; or
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(f) if the person is a partnership, to cause an individual who is a

partner in the partnership or an employee of the partnership to
appear before the authorized officer at a time and place specified
in the notice to give any evidence, either orally or in writing, and
produce any documents, whether in a physical form or in
electronic media.

(3) The person so ordered under subsection (1) shall—

(a) provide the required information or documents within such time

as specified in the order or such extended time as the authorized
officer may grant; and

(b) ensure that the information or documents provided are true,

accurate and complete and shall provide a representation to that
effect, including a representation that he is not aware of any other
information or document which would make the information or
document provided untrue or misleading.

(4) A person who fails to comply with an order of the authorized officer
under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

Power to conduct inspection

24LD. (1) For the purpose of ascertaining compliance with this Act, the
authorized officer shall have access to any place or building and may inspect
and make copies of or take extracts from any book, minute book, register or
other documents required to be kept by the Director General or necessary for
the purpose of ascertaining compliance with this Act.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the authorized officer may by notice
in writing require any person to produce to him such books, minute books,
registers or other documents as are in the custody or under the control of that
person.
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(3) Any person who—

(a) fails to produce any books, minute books, registers or other

documents as required by the authorized officer under this
section; or

(b) obstructs, intimidates, distracts, harasses or hinders the authorized

officer while exercising any of the powers under this section,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not

exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or to both.

Power to investigate

24LE. The authorized officer shall have the power to conduct an

investigation where there is reason to suspect that—

(a) an offence has been or is being committed;

(b) there was an attempt to commit an offence; or

(c) there was a conspiracy to commit an offence,

in relation to this Act.

Giving false or misleading information, evidence or document

24LF. A person who fails to disclose or omits to give any relevant

information or evidence or document, or provides any information, evidence
or document that he knows or has reason to believe is false or misleading, in
response to a direction issued by the Director General or authorized officer,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three years or to both.
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Compliance order

24LG. (1) Where the authorized officer is satisfied that a person has
committed or is likely to commit an offence against this Act, he may make a
compliance order under this section.

(2) Any person against whom a compliance order is made shall comply
with the order.

(3) A compliance order may require a person to refrain from conduct

which is in contravention of this Act or to take actions required to be taken in
order to comply with this Act.

(4) A compliance order shall be made in writing specifying the grounds

for its making.

Tipping off

24LH. (1) Any person who—

(a) knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that an authorized

officer is acting, or is proposing to act, in connection with an
investigation which is being, or is about to be, conducted
under or for the purposes of this Act and discloses to any
other person information or any other matter which is likely to
prejudice that investigation or proposed investigation; or

(b) knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that a disclosure

has been made to an authorized officer under this Act and
discloses to any other person information or any other matter
which is likely to prejudice any investigation which might be
conducted following the disclosure,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not

exceeding three million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
five years or to both.
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(2) Nothing in subsection (1) makes it an offence for an advocate and

solicitor or his employee to disclose any information or other matter—

(a) to his client or the client’s representative in connection with the

giving of advice to the client in the course and for the purpose of
the professional employment of the advocate and solicitor; or

(b) to any person in contemplation of, or in connection with and for

the purpose of, any legal proceedings.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to any information or other
matter which is disclosed with a view to furthering any illegal purpose.

(4) In proceedings against a person for an offence under this section, it is

a defence to prove that—

(a) he did not know or suspect that the disclosure made under
paragraph (1)(b) was likely to prejudice the investigation; or

(b) he had lawful authority or reasonable excuse for making the

disclosure.

PART IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Offence by body corporate

24M. Where an offence under this Act or under any regulations made under
this Act is committed by a body corporate, every person who was a director,
secretary or manager or other similar officer of the body corporate or was
purporting to act in any such capacity or was in any manner or to any extent
responsible for the management of the affairs of the body corporate is
deemed to have committed the offence unless that person proves that the
offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he had
exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought
to have exercised, having regard to the nature of his functions in that
capacity and to all the circumstances.
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Power to compound

24N. (1) The Director General may, with the consent of the Public
Prosecutor, offer in writing to compound any offence under this Act or under
any regulations made under this Act by accepting from the person reasonably
suspected of having committed the offence such amount, not exceeding fifty
per centum of the amount of the maximum fine for that offence to which that
person would have been liable if he had been convicted of the offence,
within such time as may be specified in the offer.

(2) An offer under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the
offence has been committed, but before any prosecution for it has been
instituted, and if the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time
specified in the offer or within such extended period as the Director General
may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that
against the person to whom the offer was made.

(3) Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no

prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to
whom the offer to compound was made.

(4) Any money received by the Director General under this section shall
be paid into and form part of the Federal Consolidated Fund.

Publication of notices, etc.

24O. (1) Every notice, circular, directive and information issued under this
Act or under any subsidiary legislation made under this Act shall be
published by the Director General in such manner as in his opinion will
ensure that the notice, circular, directive and information is brought to the
attention of the person who has to comply with such notice, circular,
directive and information.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with such notices, circulars,
directives and information shall be guilty of an offence and shall on
conviction be liable—
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(a) where such person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding fifty

thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
three years or to both; or

(b) where such person is a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding

one hundred thousand ringgit.

Extra-territorial application of subsidiary legislation

25. No provision contained in any subsidiary legislation made under this

Act shall, on the ground that it would have extra-territorial operation, be
deemed to be invalid in so far as it applies to Malaysian aircraft, wherever
they may be, or prohibits, requires or regulates—

(a) the doing of anything by persons, in or any of the crew of,

Malaysian aircraft, wherever they may be; or

(b) the doing of anything in relation to Malaysian aircraft by other

persons, wherever they may be.

Offences

26. Any act done by any person on Malaysian aircraft outside of Malaysia
which, if it had been done by him in Malaysia, would have constituted an
offence under the laws of Malaysia, shall, for the purposes of criminal
proceedings in Malaysia against that person in respect of that act, be deemed
to have been done by him in Malaysia.

Military aircraft

27. Any subsidiary legislation made under this Act may, if it so expressly
provides, apply to military aircraft or to any class or classes of military
aircraft.

27A. (Deleted by Act A803).

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PART X

TRANSITIONALS

Repeal of certain laws and saving provisions

28. (1) The Civil Aviation Act 1949, and the Colonial Civil Aviation
(Application of Act) Order 1952 (both of the United Kingdom) shall, from
the commencement of this Act, cease to have effect in any part of Malaysia;
and such cessation shall be deemed to be a repeal for the purposes of the
Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 [Act 388].

(2) The laws set out in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) and the Schedule—

(a) except where any subsidiary legislation is expressly repealed by

this Act, all subsidiary legislation which was—

(i) made under, or applied by, any law which is repealed or

ceases to have effect by virtue of this Act; and

(ii) in force in any aviation area immediately before the

commencement of this Act, shall (without prejudice to the
power to amend the same by any subsidiary legislation made
under this Act and subject to such modifications as may be
necessary to bring such subsidiary legislation into conformity
with this Act) continue in force in that aviation area until
repealed or replaced by subsidiary legislation made under
those appropriate provisions, or otherwise terminated, and
shall be deemed to have been made under it; and

(b) any instrument which was—

(i) issued, served or granted under any law which was repealed
or ceases to have effect by virtue of this Act; and

(ii) in force in any aviation area immediately before the

commencement of this Act, shall (without prejudice to any
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power to amend such instrument and subject to such

modifications as may be necessary to bring it into conformity
with this Act) continue in force in that aviation area until
superseded, revoked or otherwise terminated, and shall be
deemed to have been issued, served or granted under this Act,
and this Act and any subsidiary legislation made under it shall
apply to, or in relation to, such instrument accordingly:

Provided that no such instrument which is expressed to

continue in force for a definite period shall continue in force
after the expiration of that period unless it is being renewed in
accordance with this Act and any subsidiary legislation made
under it.

(4) In this section—

“aviation area” means—

(a) Malacca and Penang;

(b) Sabah;

(c) Sarawak; or

(c) the States of Peninsular Malaysia other than Malacca and Penang,

as the circumstances of the case require;

“instrument” means any instruction or other requirement, any notice and

any certificate, licence, validation or other authority.

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SCHEDULE

[Subsection 28(1)]

MALAYSIAN LAWS TO BE REPEALED

1. The Aerodromes (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance of Sabah [Cap. 3].

2. The Aerodromes (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance 1950 [F. of M. No. 25 of 1950].

3. The Air Navigation Ordinance of Sabah [Cap. 5].

4. The Air Navigation Ordinance of Sarawak [Cap. 129].

5. The Air Navigation Ordinance 1952 [F. of M. No. 84 of 1952] in force in the States of
Malaya other than Malacca and Penang.

6. The Air Navigation Ordinance [S.S. Cap. 108] in force in Malacca and Penang.

7. The Air Navigation (Wreck and Salvage) Regulations 1953 [L.N. 586 of 1953].

8. The Air Navigation Aids (Control of Obstructions) Act 1962 [F. of M. No. 30 of 1962].

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

ACT 3

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1969

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law Short title In force from

Act A282 Civil Aviation (Amendment) 28-02-1975

Act 1975

Act A160 Malaysian Currency (Ringgit) 29-08-1975

Act 1975

Act A679 Civil Aviation (Amendment) 25-09-1987

Act 1987

Act A803 Civil Aviation (Amendment) 01-11-1992

Act 1991

Act A885 Constitution (Amendment) 24-06-1994

Act 1994

Act A1062 Civil Aviation (Amendment) 09-07-1999

Act 1999

Act A1192 Civil Aviation (Amendment) 01-06-2003

Act 2003

Act A1497 Civil Aviation (Amendment) 01-03-2016

Act 2015

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

ACT 3

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1969

LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section Amending authority In force from

2 Act A803 01-11-1992

Act A1497 01-03-2016

2A Act A803 01-11-1992

2B Act A803 01-11-1992

2C Act A1192 01-06-2003

2D Act A1192 01-06-2003

3 Act A803 01-11-1992

Act A1062 09-07-1999
Act A1192 01-08-2003
Act A1497 01-03-2016

4 Act 160 29-08-1975

Act A1192 01-06-2003

5A Act A803 01-11-1992

Act A1192 01-06-2003
Act A1497 01-03-1016

Act A803 01-11-1992

6 Act A1192 01-06-2003

6A Act A282 28-02-1975

6B Act A282 28-02-1975

Act A803 01-11-1992

6C Act A282 28-02-1975

6D Act A282 28-02-1975

Act A803 01-11-1992
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Section Amending authority In force from

6E Act A282 28-02-1975

6F Act A282 28-02-1975

6G Act A282 28-02-1975

6H Act A282 28-02-1975

6I Act A282 28-02-1975

6J Act A282 28-02-1975

6K Act A282 28-02-1975

6L Act A282 28-02-1975

6M Act A282 28-02-1975

6N Act A282 28-02-1975

6O Act A282 28-02-1975

7 Act A885 24-06-1994

Act A1192 01-06-2003

15 Act A885 24-06-1994

16 Act A160 29-08-1975

Act A1192 01-06-2003

18 Act A803 01-11-1992

24A Act A679 25-09-1987

Act A803 01-11-1992
Act A1062 09-07-1999
Act A1497 01-03-2016

24B Act A679 25-09-1987

Act A803 01-11-1992
Act A1062 09-07-1999

Act A679 25-09-1987

24C 01-11-1992
Act A803
Act A1062 09-07-1999
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Section Amending authority In force from

24D Act A679 25-09-1987

Act A803 01-11-1992
Act A1062 09-07-1999

24E Act A803 01-11-1992

24F Act A803 01-11-1992

Act 1192 01-06-2003
Act A1497 01-03-2016

24G Act A803 01-11-1992

Act 1192 01-06-2003
Act A1497 01-03-2016
24H Act A803 01-11-1992
24I Act A803 01-11-1992
24J Act A803 01-11-1992

24K Act A803 01-11-1992

Act A1497 01-03-2016

24L Act A803 01-11-1992

Part VIIIB Act A1497 01-03-2016

24LA-24LH Act A1497 01-03-2016

24M Act A1192 01-06-2003

24N Act A1192 01-06-2003
24O Act A1192 01-06-2003
27A Act A679 25-09-1987
Act A803 01-11-1992

Throughout Act Act A1497 01-03-2016

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