Section 6
of Hijacking and Protection of Aircraft Order, 2000 [E.O.]
Section 6
(1)
Subject to subsections (5) and (6L any person who unlawfully and intentionally destroys or damages any property to which this section applies or interferes with the operation of that property, where the destruction, damage or interference is likely to endanger the safety of aircraft in flight, is guilty of an offence.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall apply to any property used for the provision of air navigation facilities, including any land, building or ship so used, and any apparatus or equipment so used, whether it is on board an aircraft or elsewhere.
(3)
Subject to subsections (4) and (5), any person who intentionally communicates any information which is false, misleading or deception in a material particular, where the communication of the information endangers the safety of an aircraft in flight or is likely to endanger the safety of an aircraft in flight, is guilty of an offence.
(4)
It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove-
(a)
that he believed, and had reasonable grounds for believing, that the information was true; or
(b)
that, when he communicated the information, he was lawfully employed to perform duties which consisted of or included the communication of information and that he communicated the information in good faith in the performance of those duties.
(5)
Subsections (1) and (3) shall not apply to the commission of any act unless either the act is committed in Brunei Darussalam or, where the act is committed outside Brunei Darussalam -
(a)
the person committing the act is a citizen of Brunei Darussalam;
(b)
the commission of the act endangers or is likely to endanger the safety in flight of a civil aircraft registered in Brunei Darussalam or chartered by demise to a person who, or to persons each of whom, resides or has his principal place of business in Brunei Darussalam;
(c)
the act is committed on board a civil aircraft which is so registered or so chartered; or
(d)
the act is committed on board a civil aircraft which lands in Brunei
Darussalam with the person who committed the act still on board.
(6)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to any act committed outside Brunei
Darussalam and so committed in relation to property which is situated outside 857
Brunei Darussalam and not used for the provision of air navigation facilities in connection with international air navigation, unless the person committing the act is a citizen of Brunei Daiussalam.
(7)
In this section, "civil aircraft" means any aircraft other than an aircraft used in military, customs or police service.
Abetting the commission of acts outside Brunei Darussalam.