Section 5
of Hijacking and Protection of Aircraft Order, 2000 [E.O.]
Section 5
(1)
Subject to subsection (4), any person who unlawfully and intentionally-
(a} destroys an aircraft in service or so damages the aircraft as to render it incapable of flight or as to be likely to endanger its safety in flight;
or
(b)
commits on board an aircraft in flight any act of violence which is likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft, is guilty of an offence.
(2)
Subject to subsection (4), any person who unlawfully and intentionally places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service any device or substance which is likely to destroy the aircraft or is likely so to damage it as to render it incapable of flight or as to be likely to endanger its safety in flight is guilty of an offence; but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the circumstances in which the commission of any act-
(a}
may constitute an offence under subsection ( 1); or
(b)
may constitute attempting or conspiring to commit or abetting the commission of the offence.
(3)
Except as provided by subsection (4), subsections (1) and (2) shall apply whether any such act therein mep.tioned is committed in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere, whatever the nationality of the person committing the act and whatever the state in which the aircraft is registered.
14)
Subsections 11) and 12) shall not apply to any act committed in relation to an aircraft used in military, customs or police service unless -
(a}
the act is committed in or over Brunei Darussalam; or
(b)
where the act is committed outside Brunei Darussalam, the person committing the act is a citizen of Brunei Darussalam.
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Other acts endangering or likely to endanger safety of aircraft.