CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS

PART I - PRELIMINARY

Updated: November 17, 2017

RULES

• 1. Short title and extent

• 2. Nationality of aircraft

• 3. Definitions and interpretation

• 3A Delegation of Powers

• 3B Appeals

PART II - GENERAL CONDITIONS OF FLYING

Updated: November 17, 2017

RULES

• 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. Photographs 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. Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System

• 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

PART III - GENERAL SAFETY CONDITIONS

Updated: November 12, 2018

RULES

• 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

PART IV - REGISTRATION AND MARKING OF AIRCRAFT

Updated: August 27, 2018

RULES

• 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

PART V - PERSONNEL OF AIRCRAFT

Updated: July 26, 2017

RULES

• 38. Licensing authority

• 38A. Carriage of operating crew

• 38B. Carriage of a cabin crew

• 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

• 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

PART VI - AIRWORTHINESS

Updated: April 6, 2018

RULES

• 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

PART VII - RADIO TELEGRAPH APPARATUS

Updated: July 26, 2017

RULES

• 63. Aircraft for which apparatus is obligatory

PART VIII - AERONAUTICAL BEACONS, GROUND LIGHTS AND FALSE LIGHTS

Updated: March 15, 2009

RULES

• 65. Aeronautical beacons and Aeronautical Ground lights

• 66. False lights

PART IX - LOG BOOKS

Updated: July 26, 2017

RULES

• 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

PART XI - AERODROMES

Updated: November 12, 2018

RULES

• 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

PART XII - PERSONNEL OF AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES

Updated: November 12, 2018

RULES

• 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 holder’s 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. Validation of foreign licences

• 118A. Omitted

PART XII-A - AERONAUTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION

Updated: March 13, 2015

RULES

• 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

PART XII-B - REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Updated: July 26, 2017

RULES

• 133A. Issue of special directions by D.G.C.A.

PART XII-C - ENGINEERING, INSPECTION AND MANUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR

ORGANISATIONS OTHER THAN OPERATORS

Updated: July 26, 2017

RULES

• 133B. Approved Organisations

• 133BA. Acceptance of foreign approved organisation

• 133C. Fees

PART XIII - AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES

Updated: November 12, 2018

RULES

• 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 152. Deleted

• 153. Carriage of Mails

PART XIII-A - ENGINEERING, INSPECTION AND MANUAL REQUIREMENTS-OWNERS

OR OPERATORS

Updated: March 15, 2009

RULES

• 154. Definition

• 155. Private aircraft owners

• 155A. Operators

PART XIV - GENERAL

Updated: July 26, 2017

RULES

• 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. Penalties