Section 3
of Hijacking and Protection of Aircraft Order, 2000 [E.O.]
Section 3
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), a person on board an aircraft in flight who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes the aircraft or exercises control of it commits the offence of hijacking, whatever his nationality, whatever the state in which the aircraft is registered and whether the aircraft is in
Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere.
(2)
If the aircraft is used in military, customs or police service, subsection (1)
shall not apply unless -
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{a)
the person seizing or exercising control of the aircraft is a citizen of
Brunei Darussalam;
{b) his act is committed in or over Brunei Darussalam; or
{c) the aircraft is used in the military, customs or police service of
Brunei Darussalam.
(3)
A person who commits the offence of hijacking is guilty of an offence.
Violence against passengers or crew.