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The Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act `1982

An Act to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation and for matters connected therewith.

List of Chapters & Sections

PRELIMINARY OFFENCES MISCELLANEOUS
  1. PRELIMINARY

    • 1Short title, extent, application and commencement
    • 2Definitions
  2. OFFENCES

    • 3Offence of committing violence on board an aircraft in flight, etc
    • 3AOffence at airport
    • 4Destruction of, or damage to, air navigation facilities
    • 5Jurisdiction
    • 5AConferment of powers of investigation, etc
    • 5BDesignated Courts
    • 5COffences triable by Designated Courts
    • 5DApplication of the Code to proceedings before a Designated Court
  3. MISCELLANEOUS

    • 6Provisions as to extradition
    • 6AProvision as to bail
    • 7Contracting parties to Convention
    • 8Power to treat certain aircraft to be registered in Convention countries
    • 9Previous sanction necessary for prosecution
    • 9APresumptions as to offences under sections 3, 3A and 4
    • 10Protection of action taken in good faith