Air Navigation (Special Provisions) Act 1992 · As enacted · Part I · Amendments to the Air Navigation Act
10. Power of the Director-General of Civil Aviation to revoke a. licence
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The Director-General of Civil Aviation, may, by order, revoke a licence issued by him under subsection (1)
of section 9 if he is satisfied that the holder of the licence—
has ceased to carry on the business in respect of which the licence has been issued ; or
has improperly obtained the licence contrary to the provisions of this Act
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{c) is a company, any of the principal officers of which have been convicted of an offence connected with the business of the company and involving moral turpitude
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has ceased to possess any qualification required by subsection (2) of section 9 for the issue of such licence ;
has contravened any of the provisions of this Part of this Act.
No order under subsection (1) shall be made against
“a person except after notice to him, to show cause within such period as may be specified in the notice, why such order should not be made.
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Any person against whom an order is made under subsection (1) may prefer an appeal in writing to the
Seeretary before the expiry of ten days after the date on which such order is communicated to that person by the
Director-General of Civil Aviation, and such Secretary may, jn dealing with any appeal preferred to him under this subsection, affirm, vary or annul the order against which the appeal has been preferred.
An order under subsection (1) revoking a licence issued to a person shall come into force on the date on which such order is communicated to that person by the
Director-General of Civil Aviation and shall continue to be in force notwithstanding that an appeal against such order has been preferred to the Secretary.
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The decision of the Secretary upon an appeal pre-ferred to him under subsection (3) shall be final and con-clusive and shall not be called in question in any court or tribunal.
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Power to enter and inspect premises.
The Director-General of Civil Aviation or any officer authorized by him in writing under his hand, may~-
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Part of this Act or any ‘regulations made thereunder are being complied with, enter, with the permission of the licence-holder and inspect, at all reasonable hours of the day or night, the premises in which the business of air transportation is being carmed on under the authority of a licence issued under subsection (1) of section 9;
inspect and take copies of any records or returns required by or under this Part of this Act to be kept in respect of such business and of any other records relating to such business.
Where the Director-General of Civil Aviation has reasonable grounds to believe that the provisions of this
Part of this Act or regulations made thereunder are being contravened, he may, after obtaining a warrant under wend
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cified in such warrant and take into custody, any ticket stocks or other documents used in connection with, the com-mission of an offence under this Part of this Act.
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