{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/28",
  "legislation_title": "Taking of Hostages Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taking-of-hostages-act-1982",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Extradition.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In Schedule 1 to the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (offences not to be regarded as of a political character) after paragraph 11 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“ Taking of hostages\n11A An offence under the Taking of Hostages Act 1982.”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 3(1)(4), 4, and 5(1) repealed by Extradition Act 1989 (c. 33, SIF 48), s. 37, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 3(3)(5) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 2(3) and 3(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/28/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:12:08.628136+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}