23. Assault and other acts
endangering safety or jeopardizing good order and discipline.– (1) No person shall, on board an aircraft, ─
(a)
assault, intimidate or threaten,
whether physically or verbally, any person,
(b) intentionally
cause damage to or destroy any of property,
(c) consume alcoholic beverages or drugs,
which is likely to endanger the
safety of the aircraft or
of any person or jeopardizes the
good order and discipline on board the aircraft.
(2) For the purposes of rules 22 and 23, the jurisdiction of India
shall, in addition to the applicability provided in rule 1 of these rules, also
extend to any offence if the act constituting the offence took place on board
any aircraft in flight outside India:
Provided that ─
(a) the next
landing of the aircraft is in India; and
(b) the
Pilot-in-Command has delivered the suspected offender to the competent
authorities of India, with the request that the authorities prosecute the suspected
offender and with the affirmation that no similar request has been or shall be
made by the Pilot-in-Command or the
operator to any other State.
[Inserted by GSR
No 766(E) dated 17.9.2010]