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 under the State Council;

(1) The ownership of the civil aircraft;

(2) The right for the acquisition and possession of the civil aircraft through an act of purchase;

(3) The right to possess the civil aircraft in accordance with a lease contract covering a lease term of six months or over;and

(4) Mortgage of the civil aircraft.

Article 12 A register of the rights of civil aircraft shall be maintained by the competent civil aviation authority under the State Council. Matters registered concerning the rights of one and the same civil aircraft shall be recorded in the same register of rights.

Matters registered concerning the rights of civil aircraft may be made available to the public for inquiry, reproduction or extraction.

Article 13 Unless a civil aircraft was the subject of a forced auction sale in accordance with the law, the nationality registration of such civil aircraft or the registration of rights thereof shall not be transferred abroad before the registered rights of such aircraft are compensated or before the consent of the person entitled to the aforesaid rights is given. — 9 —