6. Other acts endangering or likely to endanger safety of aircraft
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Subject to subsection (6), a person who unlawfully and intentionally destroys or damages any property to which this section applies or interferes with the operation of that property, where the destruction, damage or interference is likely to endanger the safety of aircraft in flight, shall be guilty of an offence.
unlawfully
“unlawfully”, in relation to the commission of an act —(a)in Singapore, means an offence that is (apart from this Act) constituted under any written law in force in Singapore; and(b)outside Singapore, means the commission of the act that would (apart from this Act) have been an offence under any written law in force in Singapore had it been committed in Singapore.
Subsection (1) applies —
to any property used for the provision of air navigation facilities, including —
any land, building or ship so used; and
any apparatus or equipment so used, whether on board an aircraft or elsewhere; and
if the air navigation facilities are used in international air navigation.
Subject to subsection (6), a person who intentionally communicates any information which is false, misleading or deceptive in a material particular, where the communication of the information endangers the safety of an aircraft in flight or is likely to endanger the safety of an aircraft in flight, shall be guilty of an offence.
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove that —
he or she believed, and had reasonable grounds for believing, that the information was true; or
when he or she communicated the information, he or she was lawfully employed to perform duties which consisted of or included the communication of information and that he or she communicated the information in good faith in the performance of those duties.
Except as provided in subsection (6), subsections (1) and (3) apply whether any act mentioned in those subsections is committed in Singapore or elsewhere, whatever the nationality or citizenship of the person committing the act or whatever the State in which the aircraft is registered.
Subsections (1) and (3) do not apply to any act committed in relation to an aircraft used in military, customs or police service unless —
the act is committed in or over Singapore;
where the act is committed outside Singapore, the person committing the act is a citizen of Singapore; or
the aircraft is used in the military, customs or police service of the Republic of Singapore.
[Deleted by Act 10 of 2022 wef 01/09/2022]