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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tokyo-convention-act-1967-repealed-1771997/schedule/part-Article/15",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/52",
  "legislation_title": "Tokyo Convention Act 1967 (repealed 17.7.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tokyo-convention-act-1967-repealed-1771997",
  "path": "schedule/part/Article/15",
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  "number": "Article 15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Piracy consists of any of the following acts:\n(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:\n(a)On the High seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;\n(b)Against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;\n(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;\n(3)Any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in sub-paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (2) of this article.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/52/schedule/part/Article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:17.278032+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."
}