The Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016

ACT NO. 30 OF 2016

PREAMBLE

An Act to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and for matters connected therewith.
WHEREAS a Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft was signed at The Hague on the 16th day of December 1970; AND WHEREAS India acceded to the said Convention and enacted the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 (65 of 1982) to give effect to the provisions of the Convention; AND WHEREAS India has signed the Protocol Supplementary to the Convention at Beijing on the 10th day of September 2010 which deals with unlawful acts against Civil Aviation by new types of threats which require comprehensive amendments to the said Act;
AND WHEREAS it is considered expedient that the unlawful acts of seizure or exercise of control of aircraft which jeopardize the safety of persons and property are a matter of great concern to be addressed effectively by making suitable provisions for giving effect to the Convention and the Protocol and for matters connected therewith.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTIONS
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent, application, and commencement.
2. Definitions.
   CHAPTER II
   HIJACKING AND CONNECTED OFFENCES
3. Hijacking.
4. Punishment for hijacking.
5. Punishment for acts of violence connected with hijacking.
6. Conferment of powers of investigations, etc.
7. Jurisdiction.
8. Designated Court.
9. Offenses are triable by Designated Court.
   CHAPTER III
   MISCELLANEOUS
10. Application of Code to proceedings before Designated Court.
11. Provisions as to extradition.
12. Provision as to bail.
13. Contracting parties to Convention.
14. Power to treat certain aircraft to be registered in Convention countries.
15. Previous sanction necessary for prosecution.
16. Presumption as to offenses under sections 3 and 5.
17. Protection of action taken in good faith.
18. Powers of investigating officers to seize or attach property.
19. Confiscation and forfeiture of property.
20. General power to make rules.
21. Repeal and savings.

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