Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act 2018 · As enacted
2. Insertion of new section 18A in the Civil Aviation Act…
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 18, of the Civil Aviation Act, No.
14 of 2010 and shall have effect as section 18A of that enactment:—
18A. (1) Every person who is found by an employee providing Aviation Security Services of the Service Provider appointed under subsection (3) of section 6 or a police officer on duty, to be within the premises of the aerodrome without being duly authorized to do so and touting for any incoming or outgoing passenger, shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested by the police officer or apprehended and handed over by the employee providing Aviation
Security Services of the Service Provider to the police officer, as the case may be:
Provided however, rendering any service such as arranging transport, accommodation, loading or unloading any baggage or other articles into or from any vehicle for any incoming or outgoing passenger by any member of the family or friend of such passenger or being authorized in that behalf by the Service Provider, a concierge or a representative or agent of the hospitality trade, shall not constitute an offence.
“Offence of touting within an aerodrome.
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Every person arrested by or apprehended and handed over to the police officer in pursuance of subsection (1), shall be brought by the police officer, as soon as practicable, before the Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in which the offence was alleged to have been committed.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of section 107, prosecution against any person for any offence under this section may be commenced and on conviction, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees or imprisonment not exceeding six months or both such fine and imprisonment.
For the purpose of this section,-
“hospitality trade” means, any business activity or service related or incidental to the tourism industry; and
“touting” means, canvassing with a view to arranging transport or accommodation for an incoming or outgoing passenger or loading or unloading his baggage or other articles into or from vehicles or offering any similar service, for a valuable consideration or otherwise, without being duly authorized to do so.”.