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AIRPORTS SECURITY FORCE ACT, 1975 AIRPORTS SECURITY FORCE ACT, 1975 [NO. LXXVII OF 1975] [18th December 1975] An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of the Airports Security Force Chapter I 2. Definitions.--In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, (a) "aerodrome" means any areas of land or water designed, equipped, set apart or commonly used or intended to be used, either wholly or in part, for affording facilitates for the landing departure and movement of aircraft and other structure thereon on appertaining thereto, but does not include any aerodrome which is exclusively used by the Pakistan Air Force or any portion of an aerodrome which is used by the Pakistan Air Force; (b) "aircraft" means any machine which can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, other than the reactions of the air, against the earth's surface, and includes balloons, whether captive or free, airships, kites, gliders and flying machines; (c) "airport" means an aerodrome at which facilities have, in the opinion of the Federal Government, been sufficiently developed to be of importance to civil aviation; (d) "air service" means a service of aircraft for any purpose of civil aviation, whether serial works, public transport or otherwise; (e) "air side" means the movement area of an aerodrome, adjacent terrain and buildings or portions thereof, access to which is controlled by the 3[Force]. (f) "competent authority" means of any officer or authority designated as such by the Federal Government; (g) [Omitted]4 (h) "Force" means the Airports Security Force constituted under Section 3; (i) "Force Commander" means the Commander incharge of the force; (j) [Omitted]5 (k) "member" means a person other than an officer, who is appointed to the Force and has signed an affirmation in the form set out in the First Schedule; (l) "Officer" means the person who is so appointed to the Force and has signed an affirmation in the form set out in the First Schedule; (m) "operator" means a person, organization or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in aircraft operation; (n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations; ________________________________________________________ 3. Subs. vide Notifi. No. F 17(1)/84i9P8u4b: Gaz., of Pakistan Ext. Part I, 7th August, 1984. 4. Omitted by Ordinance XXXV of 1984. 5. Omitted by Ordinance XXXV of 1984. (o) "purposes of civil aviation" include all purposes connected with civil aviation and with air navigation, except purposes of defence by air; (p) "regulations" mean regulations made under this Act; and (q) "rules" means rules made under this Act.