Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 26. In this Part of this Act " foreign aircraft" means an aircraft registered in a state other than Sri Lanka, not being an aircraft used in military, customs or police services; " Hague Convention" means the Convention for the suppression of unlawful seizure of aircraft signed at the Hague on December 16, 1970 ; " in flight'" in relation to an aircraft, means the period commencing at the moment when the external doors of the aircraft are closed following embarkation and ending at the moment when any such door is opened for the purposes of disembarkation; and includes a period commencing at the moment when the aircraft makes a forced landing during the flight and ending at the moment when the appropriate authorities take over responsibility for that aircraft and for the persons and property on board the aircraft; " in service " in relation to an aircraft, means the period commencing at the moment when the aircraft is prepared for a specific flight by ground personnel or the air crew of the aircraft and ending at the expiration of twenty-four hours from the moment when the aircraft makes a landing and includes a period during which the aircraft is in flight; " Montreal Convention" means the Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on September 23, 1971. " Sri Lanka aircraft" means an aircraft registered in Sri Lanka under the Air Navigation Act, not being an aircraft used in military, customs or police services. |