NO THE AIRCRAFT RULES, 1937

1 Short title
2 Nationality of aircraft
3 Definitions and interpretation
3A Delegation of Powers
3B Appeals
4 Use and operation of aircraft
5 Registration and nationality and registration marks
5A. Prohibited flight
6 Licensing of personnel
6A. Type of aircraft to be included in rating
6B. Flights to qualify for extension of a licence
6C. Flights for testing and other non-revenue specific special purposes.
7 Documents to be carried in aircraft
7A. Prohibition of carriage of persons without passport
7B. Carriage of cock-pit check list in aircraft
8 Carriage of arms, ammunition, explosives, military stores, etc.
8A. Deleted
9 Radio-telegraph apparatus
10 Mails
11 Aerodromes
12 Prohibited areas
13 Photograph at aerodromes or from aircraft in flight
13A. Carriage of photographic apparatus in aircraft (cancelled by G.S.R. 401(E) Dated 14th June, 2005)
14 Aerial work and public transport reserved for certain aircraft
15 Conditions to be complied with by aircraft in flight
15A. Omitted by GSR 327(E) dated 13-5-2021
16 Rules of the Air
17 Production of licences, etc
18 Prevention of flights in contravention of the rules
19 Cancellation, suspension or endorsement of licence and certificates
19A. Restrictions on licence, certificate, authorisation or approval
20 Applicability of certain rules to gliders and kites
21 Dangerous flying
21A. General Safety
21B. Aircraft in distress
22 Assault and other acts of interference against a crew member
23 Assault and other acts endangering safety or jeopardizing good order and discipline
24 Prohibition of intoxicated persons entering aircraft
24A. Carriage of persons suffering from mental disorders or epilepsy in aircraft
24B. Carriage of prisioners in aircraft
24C. Carriage of animals, birds and reptiles in aircraft
25 Smoking in aircraft
25A. Fuelling of aircraft
25B. Housing of aircraft
26 Dropping of articles and desents by parachutes
27 Carriage of persons in unauthorized part of aircraft
28 Minimum age for sole control of aircraft
28A. Maximum age limit for professional pilots amended by GSR 660(E) dated 5.9.2008
29 Acts likely to imperil safety of aircraft
29A. Prohibition of operating civil aircraft causing sonic boom
29B. Prohibition on the use of portable electronic devices
29C. Adoption of the Convention and Annexes
29D. Safety Management Systems
29E. Mandatory Safety Reporting System
29F. Voluntary safety reporting system
30 Certificate of registration
31 Nature of application
32 Aircraft imported by air
32A. Export of aircraft
33 Change in ownership
34 Aircraft destroyed or withdrawn from use
35 Registration Fees
36 Register of aircraft
37 Nationality and Registration marks, how to be affixed
37A. Use of State marks
29E 29E
38 Licensing authority
38A. Carriage of operating crew
38B. Carriage of a cabin crew
38C. Flight Dispatcher Approval
39 Deleted
39A. Disqualification from holding or obtaining a licence
39B. Medical standards
39C. Period of validity of medical fitness and Licences
40 Signature of Licence holder
41 Proof of competency
41A. Checks, test and examinations
41B. Approved Training Organisation
41C. Flight Simulation Training Device Qualification Certificate
42 Licences and their renewal
42A. Fatigue Management of Flight Crew and Cabin Crew Members
43 Deleted
44 Aircraft not registered in India
45 Validation of foreign licences
46 Deleted
47 Minimum age for holding a licence
47A. Minimum educational qualification for holding a licence
48 Fees and other charges
49 Issue of Type Certificate or Restricted Type Certificate for an aircraft or engine or propeller designed or
manufactured in India
49A. Issue of Type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate to an aircraft imported in India
49B. Validation of type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate for aeronautical product imported in India
49C. Type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate - aeronautical product categories
49D. Cancellation, suspension of or endorsement on Type certificate or Restricted Type Certificate
49E. Recognition of Type Certificate or Restricted Type Certificate of an aeronautical product issued by a
Contracting State
49F. Issue of Supplemental Type Certificate in respect of an aeronautical product
49G. Recognition of Supplemental Type Certificate issued by a Contracting State
49H. Regulation and control of aircraft components and items of equipment
49I. Acceptance of design for an aircraft
50 Issue of Certificate of airworthiness or Special Certificate of Airworthiness and Airworthiness Review
Certificate
50A. Conditions necessary for certificate of airworthiness or special certificate of airworthiness and
inspection, overhaul of aircraft
51 Flight Manual
52 Modification and repairs
53 Use of materials, processes, parts and periodical overhaul of aircraft
53A. Manufacture, storage and distribution of all aircraft
54 Persons authorised to certify
55 Suspension or cancellation of certificate of airworthiness or special certificate of airworthiness and its
continued validity
55A. Issue of Special Flight Permit
56 Indian aircraft operating outside India
57 Instruments and equipment
58 Weight and balance
59 Defects and defective parts
59A. Defects in a foreign aircraft
60 Maintenance standards and certification
61 Licensing of aircraft maintenance engineers
61A. Validation of licences of foreign Aircraft Maintenance Engineers
62 Fees
63 Aircraft for which apparatus is obligatory
64 Deleted
65 Aeronautical beacons and Aeronautical Ground lights
66 False lights
67 Log Books
67A. Log books of flight crew personnel and logging of flight time
67AA. Log books of Aircraft Maintenance Personnel
67B. Destruction, mutilation etc. of any entry in the log books
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78 Licensing of Aerodromes See Notification 346(E)
79 Qualifications of licensee
80 Procedure for grant of licence
81 Aerodrome Manual
82 Inspection
83 Conditions governing the grant of licence
84 Period of validity of licence
85 Public aerodromes
86 Tariff charges
87 Fees
88 Passenger Service Fees
88A. Aviation Security Fees
88B Regional Air Connectivity Fund
88C Regional Air Connectivity Levy
89 User Development Fees
90 Entry into public aerodromes
91 Prohibition of slaughtering and flaying of animals, depositing of rubbish and other polluted or obnoxious
matter in the vicinity of aerodrome
92 Ground Handling Services
93 Requirement of a licence for air traffic services personnel
94 Provision of Air Traffic Services at an aerodrome
95 Licensing Authority
96 Omitted
97 Requirement of rating and unit endorsement
98 Rating Training Manual
99 Fees and other charges
100 Minimum educational qualification for holding a licence
101 Minimum age for holding a licence
102 Maximum age limit for holding licence or rating
103 Medical standards
104 Period of validity of licences and medical fitness assessment
105 Licence not valid without valid medical fitness assessment
106 Decrease in medical fitness
107 Maintenance of validity of ratings and endorsements
108 Licence holders obligation to notify change of unit
109 Disqualification from holding or obtaining a licence
110 Renewal of expired licence or rating
111 Proof of competency
112 Tests, assessment and examination
113 Use of radio call signs of air traffic services units
114 Approved training organization
115 Record of experience and logging of on-watch period
116 Watch duty time limitations
117 Aeronautical station operator
118 Omitted
118A. Omitted
119 Certification of communication, navigation and surveillance equipment or air traffic management
facilities
120 Eligibility for grant of certificate
121 Procedure for grant of certificate
122 Communication, navigation, surveillance or air traffic management facility manual
123 Period of validity of Certificate
124 Fee
125 Conditions governing the grant of Certificate
126 Notification on availability of facility
127 Information on the operational status of navigational aids
128 Automatic recording of voice communications, signal and data
129 Aeronautical telecommunication equipment calibration and check
130 Time in air traffic services
131 Protection of critical and sensitive areas
132 Suspension, cancellation or withdrawal of a certificate
133A. Issue of special directions by D.G.C.A
133B. Approved Organisations
133BA. Acceptance of foreign approved organisation

133C. Fees
134 Scheduled Air Transport Services
134A. Non-Scheduled Air Transport Services
134B. Aerial Work
134C. Fees
135 Tariff for air transportation
135A. Deleted (GSR 636 (E))
135B. Deleted (GSR 636 (E))
135C. Deleted (GSR 636 (E))
140 Minimum requirements to be complied with
140A. Director-General's sanction to introduce new routes etc
140B. Operations Manual
140C. Route Guides
141 Duties of Pilot-in-Command
142 to Deleted
152.
153 Carriage of Mails
154 Definition
155 Private aircraft owners
155A. Operators
155B. Fees
156 Inspection
157 Fraudulent use of Documents
158 Foreign Military aircraft
158A. Aircraft registered in or belonging to a foreign state
159 Obstruction of authorised persons
160 General power to exempt
161 Offences and Compounding
162 Penalties