Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China
Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China
Civil Aviation Law of the People's Republic of China
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No.56
Adopted at the 16th Session of the Eighth Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on October 30, 1995
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is enacted with a view to safeguarding the national sovereignty of territorial airspace and the rights of civil aviation, to ensuring the conduct of civil aviation activities in a safe and orderly manner, to protecting the lawful rights and interests of the parties concerned in civil aviation activities, and to promoting the development of civil aviation industry.
Article 2 The airspace above the land territory and territorial waters of the People's Republic of China is the territorial airspace of the People's Republic of China. The People's Republic of China has complete and exclusive sovereignty over its territorial airspace.
Article 3 The competent civil aviation authority under the State Council exercises unified supervision and administration over civil aviation activities in the whole country; issues regulations and decisions concerning civil aviation activities within the scope of its authority in accordance with laws and the decisions of the State Council. The regional civil aviation administrative organs set up by the competent civil aviation authority under the State Council supervise and administer the civil aviation activities in their respective regions in accordance with the authorizations of the competent civil aviation authority under the State Council.
Article 201 Where in violation of the provisions of Article 37 of this Law, a civil aircraft flies without the certificate of airworthiness, or a foreign civil aircraft on lease flies without having its certificate of airworthiness, issued by the State in which the nationality of the aircraft was originally registered, examined and rendered valid by the State Council, or without having a new certificate of airworthiness issued therefor by the said authority, the competent civil aviation authority under the State Council shall order it to stop flying, confiscate the unlawful earnings, and may also impose a fine of more than 100% but not exceeding 500% of the unlawful earnings; in case there is no unlawful earnings, a fine of not less than CNY100,000 but not more than CNY1 million shall be imposed.
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