LawgistThe Aircraft Act
17Bar of certain suits
No suit shall be brought in any Civil Court in respect of trespass or in respect of nuisance by reason only of the flight of aircraft over any property at a height above the ground which having regard to wind, weather and all the circumstances of the case is reasonable, or by reason only of the ordinary incidents of such flight.
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All sections
- 1 Short title and extent
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Power of Central Government to exempt certain aircraft
- 4 Power of Central Government to make rules to implement the Convention of 1944
- 4A Safety oversight functions
- 5 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 5A Power to issue directions
- 6 Power of Central Government to make orders in emergency
- 7 Power of Central Government to make rules for investigation of accidents
- 8 Power to detain aircraft
- 8A Power of Central Government to make rules for protecting the public health
- 8B Emergency powers for protecting the public health
- 8C Power of Central Government to make rules for securing safe custody and re-delivery of unclaimed property
- 9 Wreck and salvage
- 9A Power of Central Government to prohibit or regulate construction of buildings, planting of trees, etc
- 9B Payment of compensation
- 9C Appeals from awards in respect of compensation
- 9D Arbitrator to have certain powers of civil courts
- 10 Penalty for act in contravention of rule made under this Act
- 11 Penalty for flying so as to cause danger
- 11A Penalty for failure to comply with directions issued under section 5A
- 11B Penalty for failure to comply with directions issued under section 9A
- 12 Penalty for abetment of offences and attempted offences
- 13 Power of Court to order forfeiture
- 14 Rules to be made after publication
- 14A Laying of rules before Parliament
- 15 Use of patented invention on aircraft not required in India
- 16 [Repealed.]
- 17 Bar of certain suits
- 18 Saving for acts done in good faith under the Act
- 19 Saving of application of Act
- 20 [Repealed.]
