Pub. L. 93-366, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. Section 902(1) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended to read as follows: “carrying weapons or explosives aboard aircraft “(l) (1) Whoever, while aboard, or while attempting to board, any aircraft in, or intended for operation in, air transportation or intra-88 Stat. 418state air transportation, has on or about his person or his property a concealed deadly or dangerous weapon, which is, or would be, accessible to such person in flight, or any person who has on or about his person, or who has placed, attempted to place, or attempted to have placed aboard such aircraft any bomb, or similar explosive or incendiary device, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. “(2) Whoever willfully and without regard for the safety of human life, or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life, shall commit an act prohibited by paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. “(3) This subsection shall not apply to law enforcement officers of any municipal or State government, or the Federal Government, who are authorized or required within their official capacities to carry arms, or to persons who may be authorized, under regulations issued by the Administrator, to carry deadly or dangerous weapons in air transportation or intrastate air transportation; not shall it apply to persons transporting weapons contained in baggage which is not accessible to passengers in flight if the presence of such weapons has been declared to the air carrier.”