48. Failure to report deserters and absentees. Every person subject to this Ordinance, who
knowing that any other person subject to service law has deserted, absented himself without leave, or
improperly left his ship or place of duty, or is attempting to desert, to absent himself without leave or
improperly to leave his ship or place of duty,__
(a) fails to report the fact without delay ; or
(b) fails to take any steps within his power to cause that person to be apprehended, shall be
liable to suffer short imprisonment.
(vi) Navigation and Flying Offences
49. Loss or hazarding of ship or aircraft. Every person subject to this Ordinance who, either
wilfully or by negligence__
(a) causes or allows to be lost, stranded or hazarded any of the naval ships or vessels ; or
(b) causes or allows to be lost or hazarded any of Government's air craft,
shall be liable, if he acts wilfully or with wilful neglect, to suffer long imprisonment, and in any other
case to short imprisonment.
50. Dangerous flying. Every person subject to this Ordinance who is guilty of any act or neglect
in flying, or in the use of any aircraft, or in relation to any aircraft or aircraft material, which causes
or is likely to cause loss of life or bodily injury to any person, shall be liable__
(a) if he acts wilfully or with wilful neglect, to suffer long imprison ment ; and
(b) in any other case to suffer short imprisonment.
51. Low flying. Every person subject to this Ordinance who, being the pilot of one of the
Government’s aircraft, flies it at a height less than such height as may be provided by any regulations
issued under the autho rity of the 1[Federal Government], except___
(a) while taking off or alighting ; or
(b) in such other circumstances as may be so provided, shall be liable to suffer short
imprisonment.
52. Annoyance by flying. Every person subject to this Ordinance who, being the pilot of one of
the Government’s aircraft, flies it so as to cause, or to be likely to cause, unnecessary annoyance to
any person shall be liable to be dismissed from the service.
1 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government".
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