Section 6: Powers and duties of officers and members

6. Powers and duties of officers and members.— (1) An officer or member shall. (a) take effective measures for ensuring security of all airports aerodromes, aircraft and civil aviation installations [within the limits of airports and aerodromes] and for safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference; (b) safeguard aircraft passengers, baggage, cargo and mail within the limits of aerodromes and airports; (c) prevent unauthorised persons and vehicles from access to the air-side or other areas important to the security of the aerodromes or airports; (d) require the operations of aircraft registered in Pakistan to conform to the prescribed civil aviation security requirements; (e) take effective measures for preventing hijacking, sabotage, placement of car bombs, letter bombs, dangerous articles, [and carriage of arms and ammunitions into the restricted areas of the airports, aerodromes and aircraft except as authorised by him, and shall as soon as he detects any contraband on the person or in the baggage of any person checked by him, notify it to the Customs staff available at the airport or aerodrome for appropriate action under the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969); and] (f) use such arms and ammunition and equipment as may be authorised by the [Director General] [or an officer authorised by him] for the purposes of this Act; (g) search and arrest without warrant any person who he suspects of endangering, or attempting to endanger, or having endangered, the safety of an aerodrome or airport or an aircraft or a civil aviation installation and may use such force as may be necessary in the discharge of his duties aforesaid; and (h) perform such other functions as the competent authority may require him to perform. [“(IA) The [Director General] may, with the previous approval of the Federal Government, call for military assistance in connection with post-landing and anti-hijacking operations at an airport or aerodrome; and, when he does so, all officers and members and all civil agencies operating at the airport or aerodrome shall function in accordance with the directions of the military authority rendering such assistance”.] (2) An officer, for the purpose of this Act, shall exercise, within the areas in which this Act applies, all the powers conferred on an officer incharge of a police station under the [Police Order, 2002 (Chief Executive’s Order No.22 of 2002)] and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898).

Effective date: 1975-12-13

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