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CRIMES (AVIATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 22

Endangering safety of aircraft --general

  (1)   A person who, while on board a Division   3 aircraft, does an act, reckless as to whether the act will endanger the safety of the aircraft, commits an offence.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 10 years .

  (2)   For the purposes of an offence against subsection   ( 1), absolute liability applies to the physical element of circumstance of the offence, that the aircraft is a Division   3 aircraft.

Note:   For absolute liability , see section   6.2 of the Criminal Code .



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