Pub. L. 93-366, tit. I, sec. 103

Sec. 103. (a) Paragraph (2) of subsection (i) of section 902 of such Act (49 U.S.C. 1472), relating to the definition of the term “aircraft piracy”, is amended by striking out “threat of force or violence and” inserting in lieu thereof “threat of force or violence, or by any other form of intimidation, and”. (b) Section 902 of such Act is further amended by redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as subsections (o) and (p), respectively, and by inserting immediately after subsection (m) the following new subsection: “aircraft piracy outside special aircraft jurisdiction of the united states “(n) (1) Whoever aboard an aircraft in flight outside the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States commits ‘an offense’, as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, and is afterward found in the United States shall be punished— “(A) by imprisonment for not less than 20 years; or “(B) if the death of another person results from the commission or attempted commission of the offense, by death or by imprisonment for life. “(2) A person commits ‘an offense’, as defined in the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft when, while aboard an aircraft in flight, he— “(A) unlawfully, by force or threat thereof, or by any other form of intimidation, seizes, or exercises control of, that aircraft, or attempts to perform any such act; or “(B) is an accomplice of a person who performs or attempts to perform any such act. “(3) This subsection shall only be applicable if the place of takeoff or the place of actual landing of the aircraft on board which the offense, as defined in paragraph (2) of this subsection, is committed is situated outside the territory of the State of registration of that aircraft. 88 Stat. 411 “(4) For purposes of this subsection an aircraft is considered to be in flight from the moment when all the external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when one such door is opened for disembarkation, or in the case of a forced landing, until the competent authorities take over responsibility for the aircraft and for the persons and property aboard.”. (c) Subsection (o) of such section 902, as so redesignated by subsection (b) of this section, is amended by striking out “subsections (i) through (m)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsections (i) through (n)”.