JAPAN CIVIL AERONAUTICS LAW Law No. 231 of July 15, 1952 as amended by Law No. 278 of 1952, by Law No. 66 of 1953, by Law No. 151 of 1953, and by Law No. 60 of 1954.1 Law No. 63 of April 15, 1958, concerning a partial amendment to the Civil Aeronautics Law. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Purpose. Article 3. Registration. CHAPTER II-REGISTRATION Article 3-(2). Acquisition of Nationality. Article 4. Requirements for Registration. Article 5. New Registration. Article 6. Issuance of Registration Certificate. Article 7. Alteration of Registration. Article 7-(2). Transfer of Registration. Article 8. Cancellation of Registration. Article 8-(2). Copy, etc. of Aircraft Register. Article 8-(3). Stamp of Registration Mark. Article 8 (4). Compulsory Execution Concerning Newly Registered Aeroplane and Rotocraft. Article 9. Delegation to Order. CHAPTER III-SAFETY OF AIRCRAFT Article 10. Airworthiness Certification. Article 10-(2). Airworthiness Certification. Article 11. Airworthiness Certification. Article 12. Type Certification. Article 13. Type Certification. Article 14. Duration of Airworthiness Certification. Article 14-(2). Suspension of Validity of Airworthiness Certification, etc. Article 15. Invalidation of Airworthiness Certification. Article 16. Inspection on Repair or Remodelling. Article 17. Spare Parts Certifications. Article 18. Maintenance of Engine, etc. Article 19. Maintenance or Remodelling of Aircraft. Article 20. Specified Radio Apparatus. Article 21. Delegation to Order. CHAPTER IV-AIRMAN Article 22. Competence Certification for Airman and Aircraft Crew Licencing. Article 23. Certificate of Competence. 1 The translation published by Fuji Kogyo Pub. Co. (Tokyo, 1955) has been edited. Article 29. Conduct of Examination. Article 29-(2). Alteration of Restriction of Competence Certification. Article 30. Cancellation, etc. of Competence Certification. Article 31. Aircraft Crew Licencing. Article 32. Aircraft Crew Licencing. Article 33. Aircraft Crew Licencing. Article 34. Instrument Flight Certification and Training for Pilotage Certification. Article 35. Student Pilot. Article 36. Delegation to Order. CHAPTER V-AIRWAYS, AIRDROMES AND AIR NAVIGATIONAL AID Article 37. Designation of Airway. Article 38. Provision of Airdrome or Air Navigational Aid. Article 40. Notification, etc., of Airdrome for Public Use. Article 43. Alteration of Airdrome or Air Navigational Aid. Article 45. Suspension or Discontinuance of Use. Article 46. Notification of Airdrome or Air Navigational Aid. Article 47. Administration of Airdrome or Air Navigational Aid. Article 49. Restriction, etc., of Object. Article 50. Restriction, etc., of Object. Article 51. Installation of Aeronautical Obstruction Light. Article 52. Restriction of Similar Light. Article 53. Prohibition of Staining Act, etc. Article 54. Charges for Use. Article 55. Succession of Status of Provider of Airdrome, etc. Article 56. Provision or Administration of Airdrome, etc., by the Minister of Transportation. Article 56-(2). Designation, etc., of Facilities for Public Use. CHAPTER VI-OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT Article 57. Display of Nationality Mark, etc. Article 58. Aircraft Logbook. Article 59. Documents to be carried in Aircraft. Article 60. Compulsory Radio Equipment. Article 61. Safety Equipment. Article 62. Equipment in Case of Special Flights. Article 63. Fuel of Aircraft. Article 64. Aircraft Lights. Article 65. Persons by whom Aircraft to be manned. Article 66. Persons by whom Aircraft to be manned. Article 67. Documents to be carried by Airman. Article 68. Standards of Crew Assignment. Article 69. Recent Flight Experience. Article 70. Intoxicating Liquor, etc. Article 71. Physical Deficiencies. Article 72. Route Qualification of Pilot-in-Command. Article 73. Power of Pilot-in-Command. Article 74. Measures in Case of Danger. Article 75. Measures in Case of Danger. Article 76. Obligation to Report. Article 77. Aircraft Dispatcher. Article 78. Aircraft Dispatcher. Article 79. Place for Landing and Take-off. Article 80. Prohibited Area. Article 81. Minimum Safe Altitude. Article 82. Cruising Altitude. Article 83. Prevention of Collisions. Article 84. Formation Flight. Article 85. Prohibition of Rude Operation. Article 86. Prohibition of Carriage of Explosives, etc. Article 87. Pilot-less Aircraft. Article 88. Towing of Object. Article 92. Performance of Training for Student Pilot. Article 97. Flight Plan and Approval therefor. Article 99. Prohibition of Entry in Landing Strip. Article 100. Licence. CHAPTER VII-AIR TRANSPORTATION, ETC. Article 101. Licencing Standards. Article 102. Inspection prior to Inauguration of Operation. Article 103. Obligation to commence Operation. Article 104. Approval of Operation and Maintenance Manuals. Article 105. Approval of Fares and Charges. Article 106. Approval of Conditions of Transportation. Article 107. Notice of Fares and Charges, etc. Article 108. Business Program. Article 109. Business Program. Article 110. Agreement concerning Transportation. Article 111. Exception from Application of the Law concerning the Prohibition of Private Monopoly and the Methods of Preserving Fair Trade. Article 112. Order for Improvement of Business. Article 113. Utilization of Title, Loan of Business, etc. Article 114. Transfer and Taking Over of Business. Article 115. Amalgamation of Business. Article 116. Inheritance. Article 117. Suspension of Business. Article 118. Closure of Business. Article 119. Discontinuance of Business and Cancellation of Licence. Article 120. Invalidation of Licence. Article 121. Non-Scheduled Air Transportation. Article 122. Non-Scheduled Air Transportation. Article 123. Aircraft-Using Enterprise. Article 124. Aircraft-Using Enterprise. Article 125. Conditions attached to Licence, etc. CHAPTER VIII-FOREIGN AIRCRAFT Article 126. Flight of Foreign Aircraft. Article 127. Use of Foreign Aircraft Inside Japan. Article 128. Prohibition of Carriage of Munitions. Article 129. International Air Transport Enterprise by Foreign Nationals. Article 129-(2). Approval of Fares, Rates and Charges. Article 129-(3). Business Program. Article 129-(4). Order for Alteration of Business Program, etc. Article 129-(5). Suspension of Business and Cancellation of Permission. Article 130-(2). Transportation of Passengers, etc., Taking Off or Landing Inside of Japan. Article 131. Recognition of Certificates, etc. Article 131-(2). Terms and Conditions, etc. CHAPTER IX-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Article 132. Investigation of Accident. Article 133. Report on Air Transport Agent, etc. Article 134. Collection of Report and Entry for Inspection. Article 135. Payment of Fee. Article 136. Inquiry to Transportation Council. Article 137. Appeal. CHAPTER X-PENAL PROVISIONS Article 138. Penalty for Endangering Air Navigation, etc. Article 143. Penalty for Using Non-Airworthiness-Certified Aircraft, etc. Article 144. Penalty for Non-Display, etc. Article 145. Penalty for Non-Manning of Specified Airmen, etc. Article 146. Penalty relating to Provision of Airdrome or Air Navigational Aid, etc. Article 147. Penalty relating to Provision of Airdrome or Air Navigational Aid, etc. Article 148. Penalty relating to Provision of Airdrome or Air Navigational Aid, etc. Article 148-(2). Penalty relating to Provision of Ardrome or Air Navigational Aid, etc. Article 149. Penalty for Conducting Air Service without Specified Qualifications, etc. Article 150. Penalty for Not Carrying of Competence Certificate, etc. Article 159. Dual Punishment. Article 160. Non-Criminal Fine. Article 161. Non-Criminal Fine. Article 162. Non-Criminal Fine. (Purpose) CHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. The purpose of this Law is to promote the development of civil aviation by providing for methods of insuring the safety of navigation of aircraft in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on International Civil Aviation and with the standards, practices and procedures as annexed thereto, and by establishing an order of enterprises operating aircraft. (Definitions) Àrticle 2. In this Law, "aircraft" shall mean any airplane, rotorcraft, glider and airship which can be used for air navigation with a person on board and any contrivance usable for air navigation which may be designated by cabinet order. 2. In this Law, "air service" shall mean any operation performed on board (including handling of radio equipment on board and excepting training as aircraft pilot) an aircraft, and certification as provided for by Article 19, to be performed on repaired or remodelled aircraft. 3. In this Law, "airman" shall mean any person who has obtained a competence certification as airman under Article 22, paragraph 1. 4. In this Law, "air navigational aid" shall mean any facility in aid of navigation of aircraft by means of electric wave, light, colour or sign as may be specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Transportation. 5. In this Law, "landing strip" shall mean a rectangular part of an airdrome, which is provided for the landing (including such area on water) or take-off (including such area on water) of aircraft in definite directions. 6. In this Law, "approach area" shall mean an area defined by two connecting points at the shorter side of a landing strip with two points 375 meters (600 meters in the case of a landing strip used for instrument flight) distant from a point on a straight line crossing at a point 3000 meters distant from that side and at right angles with the extension of the center-line of the landing strip in the same direction as the former two points. 7. In this Law, "approach surface" shall mean an area abutting on the shorter side of a landing strip and sloping upwards at an angle from the horizontal plane as specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Transportation, the projection of which corresponds with the approach area. 8. In this Law, "horizontal surface" shall mean that part of a horizontal plane including a point 45 meters vertically above the aerodrome reference point, which is enclosed by a circle described with that point as its center and with a radius of a length as specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Transportation. 9. In this Law, "transitional surface" shall mean an area abutting at the outer sides of the approach surfaces and the longer sides of the landing strip and sloping upwards and outwards at an angle of 7:1 from the horizontal plane to the intersection with the horizontal surface. 10. In this Law, "aeronautical light" shall mean any navigational aid in aid of navigation of aircraft by means of light as specified by Ordinance of the Ministry of Transportation. 11. In this Law, "air traffic control area" shall mean any air space on any airway, which is 200 meters or more of height above the land or water and which may be specified for the safety of air traffic by the Minister of Transportation. 12. In this Law, "air traffic control zone" shall mean any air space above any airdrome for public use and its vicinity, which may be specified for the safety of air traffic on and above such airdrome by the Minister of Transportation. 13. In this Law, "visual flight rules conditions" shall mean weather conditions equal to or above those which may be stipulated by Ordinance of the Ministry of Transportation taking the visibility and conditions of clouds into consideration. 14. In this Law, "instrument flight rules conditions" shall mean weather conditions other than visual flight rules conditions. 15. In this Law, "instrument flight" shall mean a flight which is performed in sole reliance on flight instruments and without depending upon any visible object outside the aircraft. 16. In this Law, "air transportation" shall mean an enterprise for the transportation of passengers or freight by using aircraft for profit on demand of other persons. 17. In this Law, "scheduled air transportation" shall mean an enterprise for transportation by aircraft navigating on a definite route between one point and any other point and in accordance with a scheduled date and time. |