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PUBLIC LAW 87-197-SEPT. 5, 1961

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portation, has on or about his person a concealed deadly or dangerous weapon, or whoever attempts to board such an aircraft while having on or about his person a concealed deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. «FALSE INFORMATION " (m)(1) Whoever imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made, to do any act which would be a crime prohibited by subsection (i), (j), (k), or (1) of this section, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. "(2) Whoever willfully and maliciously, or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life, imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made, to do any act which would be a crime prohibited by subsection (i), (j), (k), or (1) of this section, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. "INVESTIGATIONS BY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

" (n) Violations of subsections (i) through (m), inclusive, of this section shall be investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice." SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 903 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1473 (a)) is amended to read as follows:

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"SEC. 903. (a) The trial of any offense under this Act shall be in the district in which such offense is committed; or, if the offense is committed out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, the trial shall be in the district where the offender, or any one of two or more joint offenders, is arrested or is first brought. If such offender or offenders are not so arrested or brought into any district, an indictment or information may be filed in the district of the last known residence of the offender or of any one of two or more joint offenders, or if no such residence is known the indictment or information may be filed in the District of Columbia. Whenever the offense is begun in one jurisdiction and completed in another, or committed in more than one jurisdiction, it may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in any jurisdiction in which such offense was begun, continued, or completed, in the same manner as if the offense had been actually and wholly committed therein." SEC. 3. Paragraph (4) of section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301(4)) is amended by striking out "operation or 72 Stat. 737. navigation or aircraft within" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "operation or navigation of aircraft within". SEC. 4. Title X I of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 is amended by ^^ ^^fj^y.^ ^ ^ adding at the end thereof the following new section: islo. ' "AUTHORITY To REFUSE TRANSPORTATION

"SEC. 1111. Subject to reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrator, any air carrier is authorized to refuse transportation to a passenger or to refuse to transport property when, in the

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