Section 5
Hijacking of ships
of Maritime Offences (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act
ActIn forceProvision 5 of 18
Section 5
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), a person who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes a ship or exercises control of it, is guilty of an offence, whatever his nationality and whether the ship is in
Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere.
Maritime Offences
(Ships and Fixed Platforms)
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a warship or any other ship used as a naval auxiliary or in customs or law enforcement service unless —
(a)
the person seizing or exercising control of the ship is a citizen of Brunei Darussalam;
(b)
the act is committed in Brunei Darussalam; or
(c)
the ship is used in the naval, customs or law enforcement service of Brunei Darussalam.