Section 9: Offences

9. Offences (1) Any person who— (a) fails to supply information requested under section 5 or supplies information which he knows or should have known to be false or misleading in a material particular; (b) without lawful excuse or authority, is found on an aerodrome to which a licence relates; (c) fails to comply with or contravenes any other provision of this Act or of any regulations made under this Act, shall commit an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months. (3) Where an offence is committed by a body corporate, every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was concerned in the management of the body corporate or was purporting to act in that capacity shall commit the like offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence. (4) The Court before which a person is convicted of an offence may order the forfeiture of any aircraft to which the offence relates and thereupon the aircraft shall be detained and disposed of in such manner as the Minister may determine.