Interpretation of this Part
60.—(1)  In this Part —
“air marshal” means any police officer who is appointed by the Commissioner under section 61(1) to serve as an air marshal;
“commander”, in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the crew designated as commander of that aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of that aircraft;
“operator”, in relation to any aircraft at any time, means the person who at that time has the management of the aircraft;
“passenger flight” means any flight performed by an aircraft for the international carriage of persons for reward;
“pilot in command”, in relation to an aircraft, means a person who for the time being is in charge of the piloting of the aircraft without being under the direction of any other pilot in the aircraft;
“Singapore aircraft” means any aircraft that is registered in Singapore.
(2)  For the purposes of this Part, an aircraft is in flight —
(a)from the time when all external doors of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the time when any such door is opened for disembarkation;
(b)if the aircraft makes a forced landing in any country or territory other than Singapore, from the time when all external doors of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the time when the competent authorities of the country or territory in which the forced landing takes place take over responsibility for the aircraft and for the persons and property on board the aircraft; and
(c)if the aircraft makes a forced landing in Singapore, from the time when all external doors of the aircraft are closed following embarkation for a flight until the time when a police officer arrives at the place of landing,
and any reference in this Act to an aircraft in flight includes a reference to an aircraft during any period when the aircraft is on the surface of the sea or land but not within the territorial limits of any country.
[Act 32 of 2018 wef 15/09/2018]
(3)  For the purpose of subsection (2), the reference to a country or the territorial limits thereof shall be construed as including a reference to the territorial waters, if any, of that country.
[Police Force 1985 Ed., s. 48A]