Part Article 15

Piracy consists of any of the following acts:

1. (1)

   Any illegal acts of violence, detention or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed:

   1. (a)

      On the High seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;

   2. (b)

      Against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;

2. (2)

   Any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or aircraft;

3. (3)

   Any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in sub-paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (2) of this article.