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CA 168 CHAPTER V.—Unlawful Acts and Penalties

Section 7–8 · 2 provisions

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Unlawful acts.

Section 7

SEC. 7. Unlawful acts.—It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or navigate any aircraft in the Philippines in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, or any rules and regulations made and issued in pursuance thereof, or the terms and conditions of any permit or license granted hereunder, or in violation of any of the following specific provisions and requirements: Flying over prohibited areas; carrying of photographic equipment in aircraft.—No aircraft shall be operated or navigated within the limits of prohibited areas denned in proclamations or executive orders from time to time issued by competent military and civil authorities, including the President of the United States, and the President of the Philippines; no airman or passenger shall take any picture by photograph or sketching of said prohibited areas; and no aircraft other than those of the United States and Philippine Governments shall carry any apparatus which can be used for taking photographs, except as permitted by and in conformity with such proclamations or executive orders. Airworthiness of aircraft—No aircraft shall fee operated or navigated without a license duly issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act. No aircraft shall be licensed under this Act unless it shall be found to be airworthy in accordance with the rules and regulations issued hereunder. Licenses for airmen.—No person shall act as airman without a license, and no person, who is not a citizen of the Philippines, shall act as airman or engage in air commerce in the Philippines, except as herein expressly provided. Ownership of aircraft.—No person shall engage in air commerce and no aircraft shall be operated or navigated in air commerce, without having been granted a license or permit therefor issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Except as may be necessary in the operation of an international air service, no permit shall be issued for the operation of any aircraft in air commerce that is registered under the laws of any foreign country, or any aircraft that is not absolutely owned and exclusively controlled by: A citizen or citizens of the Philippines, or A partnership or other joint enterprise of which each member is a citizen of the Philippines; or A corporation organized under the laws of the Philippines, of which the directing head and at least two- thirds of the directors and managing officers are citizens of the Philippines; and of which at least sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of the voting interest of the corporation is owned absolutely and controlled exclusively by citizens of the Philippines; or The Government of the United States or of the Philippines or a political subdivision thereof.

Penalties.

Section 8

SEC. 8. Penalties.—Any person who shall violate any provisions of this Act, or any rules and regulations made and issued in accordance therewith, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand pesos or not more than six months imprisonment, or both.

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Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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