# Tokyo Convention Act 1967 (repealed 17.7.1997), Part Article 15

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Piracy consists of any of the following acts:
(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:
(a)On the High seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;
(b)Against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;
(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)Any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in sub-paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (2) of this article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/52/schedule/part/Article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tokyo-convention-act-1967-repealed-1771997/schedule/part-Article/15
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