1969 Ed.]
Tokyo Convention.
[App. III
CS 1
1968 No. 1864.
CIVIL AVIATION.
THE TOKYO CONVENTION ACT 1967 (OVERSEAS
Made
TERRITORIES) ORDER 1968.
Coming into Operation
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22nd November 1968.
1st March 1969.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of
November 1968.
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 8 of the Tokyo Convention Act 1967(a) 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-
1. This Order may be cited as the Tokyo Convention Act 1967 (Overseas Territories) Order 1968 and shall come into opera- tion on 1st March 1969.
2. The Interpretation Act 1889(b) 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.
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.
Citation and commencement.
Interpretation.
Extension of Act of 1967.
W. G. AGNEW.
SCHEDULE 1 TO THE ORDER.
[Article 3.]
PROVISIONS OF TOKYO CONVENTION ACT 1967 AS EXTENDED TO THE
TERRITORIES SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 2.
1. (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 authorized by or under that law when taking place outside the Territory.
(a) 1967 c. 52. (b) 1889 c. 63.
Application of criminal law to aircraft.
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