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c. 70

Prosccution

of offences.

1952 c..67.

Application

to Channel Islands, Isle of Man, etc.

1870 c. 52. 1967 c. 68.

Short title and com- mencement.

Hijacking Act 1971

(2) An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order under this section.

5.-(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted-

(a) in England and Wales, except by or with the consont

of the Attorney General; and

(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of

the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.

(2) In section 3 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (restriction of trial by United Kingdom courts) the following shall be inserted after paragraph (b) of subsection (1):-

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or

(bb) the alleged offence is the ossence of hijacking on board

a military aircraft in the service of that force' and in subsection (4) for the words 'paragraphs (b) and (c)' there shall be substituted the words 'paragraphs (b) to (c)'.

6.-(1) Sections 17 and 22 of the Extradition Act 1870 and sections 16 and 17 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 (applica- tion to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and United Kingdom dependencies) shall extend respectively to the provisions of this Act amending those Acts.

(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for extending the other provisions of this Act, with such excep tions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order, to any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, any colony, other than a colony for whose external relations a country other than the United Kingdom is responsible, or any country outside Her Majesty's dominions in which Her Majesty has jurisdiction in right of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom.

(3) An Order in Council under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.

7.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Hijacking Act 1971. (2) This Act shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.