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Tokyo Convention Act 1967 (Commencement) Orde

TOKYO CONVENTION ACT 1967 (COMM ORDER 1968

S.I. 1968 No. 469

Made

22nd March 1968

Her by

conferred Her Majesty, in exercise of the

powers

upon Convention Act 1967 and of all other powers enabling Her in t with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby 1. The Tokyo Convention Act 1967, with the exception c force on 1st April 1968.

2. This Order may be cited as the Tokyo Convention Order 1968.

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TOKYO CONVENTION ACT 1967 (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER 1968

S.I. 1968 No. 1864

Made

22nd November 1968

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Coming into operation

1st March 1969

Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 8 of the Tokyo Con- vention Act 1967 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Tokyo Convention Act 1967 (Overseas Territories) Order 1968 and shall come into operation on 1st March 1969.

Interpretation

2. The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this Order and otherwise in relation thereto as it applies for the purpose of interpreting, and in relation to, Acts of Parliament.

Extension of Act of 1967

3. Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of, and the Schedule to, the Tokyo Convention Act 1967, modified and adapted as in Schedule 1 hereto, shall extend to the Territories specified in Schedule 2 hereto.

SCHEDULE 1 TO THE ORDER

PROVISIONS OF TOKYO CONVENTION ACT 1967 AS EXTENDED TO THE TERRITORIES SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 2

art. 3

1. Application of criminal law to aircraft.—(1) Any act or omission taking place on board a British-controlled aircraft while in flight elsewhere than in or over the Territory which, if taking place in the Territory, would constitute an offence under the law in force in the Territory shall constitute that offence:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any act or omission which is expressly or impliedly authorised by or under that law when taking place outside the Territory.

(2) No proceedings for any offence under the law in force in the Territory committed on board an aircraft while in flight elsewhere than in or over the Territory (other than an offence under, or under any instrument made under, the Civil Aviation Act 1949) shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the competent authority of the Territory, but the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of any offence, or the remanding in custody or on bail of any person charged with any offence.

(3) For the purpose of conferring jurisdiction, any offence under the law in force in the Territory committed on board an aircraft in flight shall be deemed to have been committed in any place in the Territory where the offender may for the time being be; and section 62 (1) of the Civil Aviation Act C 65 Shawcross, Issue 0