[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR47.2]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 47_AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 47.2  Definitions.



    The following are definitions of terms used in this part:

    Act means the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. section 1301 

et seq.).

    Resident alien means an individual citizen of a foreign country 

lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States as an 

immigrant in conformity with the regulations of the Immigration and 

Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice (8 CFR Chapter 1).

    U.S. citizen means one of the following:

    (1) An individual who is a citizen of the United States or one of 

its possessions.

    (2) A partnership of which each member is such an individual.

    (3) A corporation or association created or organized under the laws 

of the United States or of any State, Territory, or possession of the 

United States, of which the president and two-thirds or more of the 

board of directors and other managing officers thereof are such 

individuals and in which at least 75 percent of the voting interest is 

owned or controlled by persons who are citizens of the United States or 

of one of its possessions.



[Amdt. 47-20, 44 FR 61939, Oct. 29, 1979]



    Effective Date Note: At 70 FR 244, Jan. 3, 2005, Sec. 47.2 was 

amended by removing the definition of ``Act'', effective concurrent with 

the date the Cape Town Treaty enters into force with respect to the 

United States.