Section Text
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--
(a) signs any certificate in relation to an aircraft material belonging to the Government without ensuring the accuracy thereof; or
(b) being the pilot of an aircraft belonging to the Government, flies it at a height less than such height as may be specified by1[the Chief of the Air Staff], except while taking off or landing, or in such other circumstances as may be specified by1[the Chief of the Air Staff); or
(c) being the pilot of an aircraft belonging to the Government, flies it so as to cause, or to be likely to cause, unnecessary annoyance to any person;
shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.
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1. Substituted for the words "the Commander-in-Chief" by the Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act (19 of 1955), S. 2 and Sch. (7-5-1955).