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AIRCRAFT OFFENCES ACT 1971 - SECT 7

7—Taking control of aircraft

        (1)         A person shall not, without lawful excuse, take or exercise control, whether direct or through another person, of an aircraft to which this Part applies.

Penalty: Imprisonment for seven years.

        (2)         A person shall not, without lawful excuse, take or exercise control, whether direct or through another person, of an aircraft to which this Part applies while another person, not being an accomplice of the first-mentioned person, is on board the aircraft.

Penalty: Imprisonment for fourteen years.

        (3)         A person shall not, without lawful excuse, by force or violence or threat of force or violence, or by any trick or false pretence, take or exercise control, whether direct or through another person, of an aircraft to which this Part applies while another person, not being an accomplice of the first-mentioned person, is on board the aircraft.

Penalty: For any contravention of this subsection, imprisonment for twenty years.



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