Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

48.   Jurisdiction re offences in aircraft

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    (1)   For the purposes of the application of Part 1 to a crime committed on board an aircraft in flight, any aircraft registered in a Commonwealth country or a foreign State in which the Tokyo Convention is in force is, at any time while that aircraft is in flight, within the jurisdiction of that country or state whether or not it is also within the jurisdiction of any other Commonwealth country or foreign State.

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    (2)   For the purposes of this section, the certificate of the Minister responsible for foreign affairs that a Commonwealth country or a foreign State is a country or State in which the Tokyo Convention is in force is admissible in evidence as conclusive proof of the fact certified without proof of signature or other proof.

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    (3)   In this section, “Tokyo Convention” means the Convention on Offences and certain other Acts committed on board aircraft signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963 and referred to in the Civil Aviation (Tokyo Convention) Act.