AirCraft (Removal of Danger to Safety) Ordinance, 1965

This 1965 Ordinance addresses a specific aviation safety hazard: activities near airfields that attract birds and thereby endanger aircraft. Section 2 defines an "airfield" broadly to include airports, aerodromes and runways of the Civil Aviation Authority and the Army, Navy and Air Force, plus approved landing areas, and defines a "specified area" as the zone within about seven nautical miles from a runway's ends and five nautical miles from its sides.

Section 3 lets the Federal Government order the owner or person controlling a tannery, slaughter-house, cattle-yard, fish-drying area, refuse-dump or other bird-attracting site within a specified area to take measures -- potentially including closing the site entirely -- to avoid attracting birds that could endanger aircraft. Anyone affected can apply within thirty days for a review, arguing the measures aren't necessary or that alternatives would work as well, and the government can modify, cancel or confirm the order after hearing the applicant.

Section 4 lets the government prohibit use of, or business at, a site that fails to comply with a Section 3 order. Section 5 goes further, banning the construction, establishment or extension of a tannery, slaughter-house or cattle-yard, or use of land for fish-drying or as a refuse-dump, within a specified area at all, without prior written Federal Government permission. Section 6 allows authorised inspectors to enter and inspect such premises between sunrise and sunset to check for bird-attraction hazards and compliance.

Section 7 sets penalties: imprisonment up to six months, a fine up to ten thousand rupees, or both, for non-compliance or obstruction, with an additional daily fine up to five hundred rupees for continuing offences. Section 8 reserves trials to a first-class Magistrate. Section 9 protects orders and good-faith actions from being challenged in court or sued over, and Section 10 gives rule-making power. This is a narrow, aviation-safety-focused law, amended in 2001 to update the fine amounts and airfield definition -- the current figures reflect that 2001 update, but should still be checked against the current official text for any further changes.