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CONDERING

Convention for the Suppression of

Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft,

1970

Item 10.6

The

Convention

for

the

Suppression

of Unlawful

Seizure

of

Aircraft

(the

"Convention")

(text at Annex A)

was concluded in the Hague on 16 December 1970 and entered

into

force

14 on

October

instrument

1971.

The

United

Kingdom

Hong Kong was

of ratification which included

deposited on 22 December 1971 (Reference at Annex B).

creates

the offence of hijacking,

the unlawful seizure of an aircraft in flight, by

2.

The

Convention

which is

a person on

States to the convention

board that aircraft (Article 1).

undertake

Contracting

to make the offence

punishable by severe penalties (Article 2).

does not apply to

The Convention

used in military, customs or

relation to a flight beginning and

registration

aircraft

police

ΟΙ services

in

ending in

the state

of

(Article 3).

of

the

aircraft

CONFIDERONI

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