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Item 10.7

Convention for the Suppression of

Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1971

Convention The

for the

Suppression

of Unlawful

Acts

against

the Safety

of

Civil Aviation

(the

"Convention") was

concluded in Montreal on 23 September

on 26 January 1973 (text at

Kingdom included Hong Kong in its

25 on

1971

and entered

force

Annex

A).

The

ratification

of

into

United

Convention the

(Reference at Annex B).

October

1973

2.

The

Convention

introduces an international regime

to prohibit

unlawful

acts against the

safety

of civil

aviation

and to

provide

appropriate

measures

to punish

offenders.

A number of offences are set out in Article 1.

The

Contracting

Parties are

obliged

to

punish

these

offences with severe penalties (Article 3).

3.

Aircraft

in used

customs military,

OC

police

service are excluded (Article 4.1).

4.

Contracting

Parties

are

required

practicable

measures to

all

prevent offences (Articles 10 and

take to

12) and to provide mutual legal assistance (Article 11).

CONFIDENT

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