An Act to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and for matters connected therewith.
The Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016 has 21 sections in 3 chapters. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter II: HIJACKING AND CONNECTED OFFENCES
- Section 3 – Hijacking
- Section 4 – Punishment for hijacking
- Section 5 – Punishment for acts of violence connected with hijacking
- Section 6 – Conferment of powers of investigations, etc
- Section 7 – Jurisdiction
- Section 8 – Designated Court
- Section 9 – Offences triable by Designated Court
Chapter III: MISCELLANEOUS
- Section 10 – Application of Code to proceedings before Designated Court
- Section 11 – Provisions as to extradition
- Section 12 – Provision as to bail
- Section 13 – Contracting parties to Convention
- Section 14 – Power to treat certain aircraft to be registered in Convention countries
- Section 15 – Previous sanction necessary for prosecution
- Section 16 – Presumption as to offences under sections 3 and 5
- Section 17 – Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 18 – Powers of investigating officers to seize or attach property
- Section 19 – Confiscation and forfeiture of property
- Section 20 – General power to make rules
- Section 21 – Repeal and savings