1 Hijacking
Aviation Security Act 1982 (1982 c 36) | Legislation

Part I Offences Against the Safety of Aircraft Etc

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(1)     A person on board an aircraft in flight who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes the aircraft or exercises control of it commits the offence of hijacking, whatever his nationality, whatever the State in which the aircraft is registered and whether the aircraft is in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, but subject to subsection (2) below.

(2)     If—

(a)     the aircraft

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