# Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990, Section 10: Seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms.


(1) A person who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes a fixed platform or exercises control of it, commits an offence, whatever his nationality and whether the fixed platform is in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/31/section/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-and-maritime-security-act-1990/section-10
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