Cap. 232 Art. 10Enforcement of provisions relating to licences and permits.

(1) If an aircraft is used in contravention of article 6 or of article 9, the operator and the pilot or the person in charge of the aircraft, and if any other person, whether by negotiating a contract or otherwise howsoever, made available facilities for travel or the consignment of goods on that flight knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that the use of the aircraft would be in contravention of the said article 6 or article 9, that other person also, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine (multa) not exceeding four thousand and five hundred euro (€4,500) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) If it appears to the Authority that an aircraft has been used in contravention of any provision of article 6 or of article 9, or that any aircraft is intended or likely to be flown in such circumstances that any of the said provisions would be contravened in relation to the flight, the Authority may take such steps as are necessary to detain the aircraft and may for the purpose cause the aircraft to be entered upon.