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(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.