Clause 8

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (d) of section 2B(1), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(da)every person in any aircraft (not being a Singapore registered aircraft or an aircraft operated by a Singapore operator) who commits any act or omission on board the aircraft while in flight elsewhere than in or over Singapore, insofar as this Act prohibits, requires or regulates the doing of anything by the person in the aircraft, and the aircraft subsequently lands in Singapore with the person who committed the act or omission still on board the aircraft; and”; and

by deleting subsection (6) of section 8B and substituting the following subsection:“(6) For the purposes of this section, an aircraft is in flight —

from the time when all external doors of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the time when any such door is opened for disembarkation;

if the aircraft makes a forced landing in any country or territory other than Singapore, from the time when all external doors of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the time when the competent authorities of the country or territory in which the forced landing takes place take over responsibility for the aircraft and for the persons and property on board the aircraft; and

if the aircraft makes a forced landing in Singapore, from the time when all external doors of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the time when a police officer arrives at the place of landing,and any reference in this Act to an aircraft in flight includes a reference to an aircraft during any period when the aircraft is on the surface of the sea or land but not within the territorial limits of any country.”.