# Space Industry Act 2018, Paragraph 1


A person on board a UK-launched spacecraft in flight who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes the spacecraft or exercises control of it commits the offence of hijacking a spacecraft.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/5/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/space-industry-act-2018/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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