Section 46315 - Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation(a) APPLICATION.-This section applies only to aircraft not used to provide air transportation.(b) CRIMINAL PENALTY.-A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, if-(1) the person knowingly and willfully operates an aircraft in violation of a regulation or requirement of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration related to the display of navigation or anticollision lights;(2) the person is knowingly transporting a controlled substance by aircraft or aiding or facilitating a controlled substance offense; and(3) the transporting, aiding, or facilitating-(A) is punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State; or(B) is provided in connection with an act punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State related to a controlled substance (except a law related to simple possession of a controlled substance). Pub. L. 103-272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1240.| HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 46315(a) | 49 App.:1303 (note). | Nov. 18, 1988,Pub. L. 100-690, §72141988,, 102 Stat. 4434. |
| 46315(b) | 49 App.:1472(q). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, 72 Stat. 731, §902(q); added Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98-499, §5(a), 98 Stat. 2315; restated Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99-570, §3401(b)(1), 100 Stat. 3207-100; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100-690, §7209(c)(1), (2)(A), 102 Stat. 4432. |
In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words "fined under title 18" are substituted for "a fine not exceeding $25,000" for consistency with title 18. In clause (2), the word "knowingly" is substituted for "and with knowledge of such act" to eliminate unnecessary words.