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Law No. 15 of 2002 on Civil Aviation

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 15Date: 24/06/2002 Corresponding to 14/04/1423 HijriNumber of Articles: 116Status: In force
Official Gazette :Issue: 9Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 04/09/2002 Corresponding to 27/06/1423 HijriPage from: 169
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Penalties

  • 102 Article

    Without prejudice to the penalties provided for in this Law, the Civil Aviation Authority may take the following procedures upon a violation of any provision, rule, regulation, decision or instruction contained in this Law:
     
    1. Preventing violations of Articles 7, 8 and 9. Any person who violates these Articles shall be ordered by a court to pay all expenses incurred by the State in the prevention of such violations.
    2. Suspending or revoking the authorisation or permit issued by the State to the operator or the aircraft for a specific period of time.
    3. Suspending or withdrawing the validity of the airworthiness certificate of the aircraft.
    4. Suspending or withdrawing the flying license or other license issued or rendered valid by the State.
    5. Preventing the aircraft from flying for a specific period of time or forcing it to land after issuing a warning in terms of Article 28 (2).
    6. Preventing the pilot in command from flying in the territory of the State temporarily or indefinitely.
     

  • 103 Article - Amended

    An operator or carrier that commits an unlawful act personally or through a representative under the provisions of this Law, or fails to initiate an act required by such provisions, shall pay a fine of no more than fifty thousand (50,000) Riyals.

  • 104 Article - Amended

    1.      A fine not exceeding fifty thousand (50,000) Riyals shall be imposed on each airline or air transport facility that declares or collects fares or charges different from the approved fares or charges of air transport. Such fine shall be doubled in case of a recurrence, together with the possible withdrawal of the authorisation given to such airline or air transport facility.
    1. The Civil Aviation Authority shall be entitled to compensation equivalent to double the amount of the transport fare collected by any foreign air transport company or facility that violates the provisions of the bilateral agreements signed by the State and the State of the company or the facility or that violates the provisions of the authorisation issued by the Authority.

  • 105 Article - Amended

    1.      Imprisonment not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding hundred thousand (100,000) Riyals shall be imposed on the following:
    1. The owner, operator or pilot in command whose aircraft is flown without authorisation or permit or prior to obtaining a certificate of registration or a certificate of airworthiness or after the expiry thereof.
    2. Any person who flies an aircraft without authorisation or without obtaining the necessary certificates or licenses issued in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
    3. Any person who flies an aircraft or serves as a member of the flight crew while under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or other psychoactive substances that would impair his ability to fly an aircraft or to carry out his assigned duties.
    4. Any person who damages aviation communications facilities or navigational aids on the ground or fails to maintain them where such facilities or navigational aids are assigned to him for maintenance.
    5. The pilot in command who fails to record or tampers with the required data in the documents or records of the aircraft.
    1. Imprisonment not exceeding three years and/or a fine of two hundred thousand (200,000) Riyals shall be imposed on the following:
    1. Any person who flies an aircraft without signs identifying its nationality or registration or with incorrect or unclear signs.
    2. Any person who flies an aircraft over a restricted area or who unintentionally flies over such areas and fails to comply with the relevant orders.
    3. Any person who fails to follow an order to land during flight over the territory of the State.
    4. Any person who lands or takes off outside the specified airports or sites or who flies outside the specified routes, unless authorised to do so by the appropriate Authority.
    5. Any person who flies an aircraft over the territory of the State while carrying the following without permission:
    1. Military weapons or ammunition or any other material prohibited by the laws and regulations of the State.
    2. Persons who intend to commit a crime even if not committed.
    1. Any person who fails to respond without good cause to a request by the competent authority to use all available means to assist or rescue an aircraft or person in distress due to an aviation accident.

  • 105 Article BIS

    Any person who commits one of the following acts shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine not exceeding hundred thousand (100,000) Riyals:
     
    1. Refuses to follow the instructions of the pilot, or a crew member designated thereby, regarding maintenance of order, or securing the safety of the aircraft or persons or property onboard;
    2. Physically assaults or threats thereof crew members or one of the passengers;
    3. Sexual harassment of one of the crew members or the passengers by words or actions;
    4. consumption of alcohol, narcotics or other psychoactive substances that results in undermining the safety of the aircraft or any person on board or disrupt the functioning or course of the flight or cause disturbance on board, or the threat thereof;
     

  • 105 Article مكرر 1

    Any person who commits one of the following acts shall be punished with a fine not exceeding thirty thousand (30.000) Riyals:
     
    1 - Smoking anywhere onboard.
    2 - Operating any portable electronic devices in violation of instructions.
    The fine shall be doubled in case of recidivism.
     

  • 106 Article

     
    Imprisonment not exceeding five years shall be imposed on the following:
    1. Any person who steals equipment used in services or air navigation facilities or any other equipment or devices or cables necessary to ensure aviation safety.
    2. Any person who damages, disrupts or jeopardizes facilities, buildings, cables, devices, machines or other equipment necessary to ensure aviation safety.

  • 107 Article

    1.      Imprisonment not exceeding ten years shall be imposed on any person who intentionally commits one of the acts referred to in Article 94 of this Law.
    1. Imprisonment for life shall be imposed where such act results in the destruction of an aircraft or of air navigation facilities.
    2. The death penalty or imprisonment for life shall be imposed where such act results in the death of a person.
     

  • 108 Article

    The provisions of this Law shall not supersede stricter punishments stated by the Penal Code or any other national laws.

  • 109 Article

    Aircraft shall be confiscated in the following cases:
    1. Where they display signs that incorrectly identify their nationality or registration.
    2. Where they transport weapons or ammunition or photographic equipment for the owner or operator of the aircraft for the purpose of smuggling.

  • 109 Article BIS

    Offences stipulated in Articles 30 (5, 6 and 7), 37 (2), 42 (3 and 5), 43 (1), 44 (2 and 3), 46, 47 (1), 48, 52, 57 (3) and 104 (1) of this Law may, either before the institution of any criminal prosecution or during hearing thereof and before final judgement, be compounded by the civil aviation authorities. The composition amount of twenty five thousand (25.000) Riyals shall be paid by the offender in the preceding offences.

  • 110 Article

    With the consideration of Article 95 of this Law, the court of the State shall be competent to examine all crimes committed in violation of the provisions of this Law or to enforce decisions, rules or regulations where such crimes are committed in the territory of the State, on board an aircraft registered in the State, or during the flight of such aircraft over the high seas or over territory outside the jurisdiction of any State.

  • 111 Article - Amended

    Staff members of the Civil Aviation Authority for whom a secondment resolution is issued by the Public Prosecution in agreement with the President of the Authority shall have the capacity of judicial officers in relation to acts committed in violation of the provisions of this Law or the enforcement decisions thereof.

  • 112 Article

    The provisions of Law No. 3 of 1974 on the procedures for investigating aviation accidents and the provisions of any other law that contradict this Law shall be revoked.

  • 113 Article

    Every competent authority, each within its competence, shall implement the provisions of this law, which shall be published in the Official Gazette.

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