Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

47.   Jurisdiction in civil aviation cases

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    (1)   Whenever a civil aviation convention has effect in Saint Lucia, a convention offence under the relevant civil aviation convention shall, for the purposes of Part 1, be deemed to have been committed within the jurisdiction of a Commonwealth country or a foreign State against the law of which the convention offence was committed.

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    (2)   In this section—

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      (a)     “civil aviation convention” means—

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        (i)     the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft set out in the Schedule to the Hijacking Act, or

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        (ii)     the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation set out in the Schedule to the Civil Aviation (Montreal Convention) Act;

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      (b)     “convention offence” means—

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        (i)     an offence of the kind described in paragraphs 28 or 29 of the Schedule in respect of the Convention referred to in paragraph (a), or

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        (ii)     an offence of the kind described in paragraph 30 of the Schedule in respect of the Convention referred to in paragraph (a)(ii),

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    committed against the law of a Commonwealth country or a foreign State that is bound by the civil aviation convention and required thereby to establish its jurisdiction in respect of that offence.