Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982
CHAPTER II: HIJACKING AND CONNECTED OFFENCES
3. Hijacking
(1)
Whoever on board an aircraft in flight, unlawfully, by force or threat of force
or by any other form of intimidation, seizes or exercises control of that
aircraft, commits the offence of hijacking of such aircraft.
(2)
Whoever attempts to commit any of the acts referred to in sub-section (1) in
relation to any aircraft, or abets the commission of any such act, shall also
be deemed to have committed the offence of hijacking of such aircraft.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, an aircraft shall be deemed 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,
and in the case of a forced landing, the flight shall be deemed to continue
until the competent authorities of the country in which such forced landing
takes place take over the responsibility for the aircraft and for persons and
property on board.