Section 26: (1) A person shall not fly or use, or attempt to fly or use, an aircraft in the Republic for carrying passengers or goods for hire or reward, on a journey or class of journey whether beginning and ending at the same point or at different points except
(a) under the authority of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence granted to that person by the Authority, or
(b) an aircraft which is registered and licensed in a State adhering to the Chicago Convention and which is flown or used in the Republic in pursuance of an agreement between the government of that State and the Government.
(2) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than thirty thousand penalty units and not more than two hundred thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than thirty years or to both the fine and the imprisonment.[As substituted by the Ghana Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 906) s.10]