Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

3.   Destroying, damaging or endangering safety of aircraft

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   (1)   Subject to subsection (3), a person who—

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      (a)     commits on board an aircraft in flight any act of violence that is likely to endanger the safety of the aircraft;

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      (b)     destroys an aircraft in service;

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      (c)     causes damage to an aircraft in service that—

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         (i)     renders it incapable of flight, or

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         (ii)     is likely to endanger its safety in flight;

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      (d)     places or causes to be placed on an aircraft in service anything likely to—

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         (i)     destroy the aircraft,

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         (ii)     cause damage to the aircraft rendering it incapable of flight, or

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         (iii)     endanger the safety of the aircraft in flight;

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      (e)     endangers the safety of an aircraft in flight by communicating to any other person any information that the informant knows to be false;

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      (f)     subject to subsection (2), attempts or aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of anything specified in paragraphs (a) to (e); or

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      (g)     in Saint Lucia induces or assists in the commission elsewhere of an act which but for subsection (3) would be an offence under this Act,

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   commits an offence under this Act.

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   (2)   Subsection (1) applies where an act constituting any of the offences specified in that subsection is committed—

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      (a)     in Saint Lucia in respect of any aircraft including aircraft used in the military, customs or police service of Saint Lucia; or

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      (b)     outside Saint Lucia and—

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         (i)     the accused is a citizen of Saint Lucia or a person other than a citizen of Saint Lucia who is in Saint Lucia, or

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         (ii)     the aircraft against which the offence was committed is a Saint Lucia-controlled aircraft.

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   (3)   Subsection (1) and subsection (2)(b)(i) do not apply where—

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      (a)     an aircraft is used in the military, customs or police service of a State other than Saint Lucia; or

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      (b)     the place of take-off and the place of landing of that aircraft are within the territory of the State of registration of the aircraft,

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   unless the aircraft is a Saint Lucia-controlled aircraft.