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(1)This Act may be called the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982.
(2) It extends to the whole of India and, save as otherwise provided in this Act, it applies also to any offence thereunder committed outside India by any person.
(3) It shall come into force on such date{15 -1- 1982 :vide Notification No.S.O.798(E), dated 12-11-1982 , Gazette of India , extraordinary ,Pt.II, Sec.3 (ii) } as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Section 2 - DefinitionsIn this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a)"aircraft: means any aircraft, whether or not registered in India, otherthan a military aircraft or an aircraft used in customs or police service;
(b) "aircraft registeredin India" means an aircraft which is for the time being registered inIndia;
(c) "Conventioncountry" means a country in which the Hague Convention is for the timebeing in force;
(d) "Hague Convention" means the Convention for the Suppressionof Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at The Hague on the 16th day of December, 1970;
(e) "militaryaircraft" means an aircraft of the naval, military, airforce or any otherarmed forces of any country and includes every aircraft commanded for the timebeing by a person in any such force detailed for the purpose.