Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00156:schedule:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00156
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 75973–78657

Schedule 2—Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
Section 3

THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION

 CONSIDERING that unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation jeopardize the safety of persons and property, seriously affect the operation of air services, and undermine the confidence of the peoples of the world in the safety of civil aviation;

 CONSIDERING that the occurrence of such acts is a matter of grave concern;

 CONSIDERING that, for the purpose of deterring such acts, there is an urgent need to provide appropriate measures for punishment of offenders;

 HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

ARTICLE 1
 1. Any person commits an offence if he unlawfully and intentionally:
       (a) performs an act of violence against a person on board an aircraft in flight if that act is likely to endanger the safety of that aircraft; or
       (b) destroys an aircraft in service or causes damage to such an aircraft which renders it incapable of flight or which is likely to endanger its safety in flight; or
       (c) places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service, by any means whatsoever, a device or substance which is likely to destroy that aircraft, or to cause damage to it which renders it incapable of flight, or to cause damage to it which is likely to endanger its safety in flight; or
       (d) destroys or damages air navigation facilities or interferes with their operation, if any such act is likely to endanger the safety of aircraft in flight; or
       (e) communicates information which he knows to be false, thereby endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight.
 2. Any person also commits an offence if he:
       (a) attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article; or
       (b) is an accomplice of a person who commits or attempts to commit any such offence.

ARTICLE 2
 For the purposes of this Convention:
       (a) an aircraft is considered to be in flight at any time from the moment when all its external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when any such door is opened for disembarkation; in the case of a forced landing, the flight shall be deemed to continue until the competent authorities take over the responsibility for the aircraft and for persons and property on board;
       (b) an aircraft is considered to be in service from the beginning of the preflight preparation of the aircraft by ground personnel or by the crew for a specific flight until twenty‑four hours after any landing; the period of service shall, in any event, extend for the entire period during which the aircraft is in flight as defined in paragraph (a) of