Singapore legislation
Section 11
of Hijacking of Aircraft and Protection of Aircraft and International Airports Act 1978
Section 11
Extradition
(1)
The offences under this Act and attempts to commit the offences are deemed to be included in the list of extradition crimes described in the First Schedule to the Extradition Act 1968.
(2)
Where no extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a State which is a party to the Convention —
a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act 1968 may be made applying that Act as if the Convention were an extradition treaty between Singapore and that State; and
the Extradition Act 1968 so applied has effect as if the only extradition crimes within the meaning of that Act were offences under this Act and attempts to commit those offences.
(3)
Subsection (2) is without prejudice to any other notification made under section 4 of the Extradition Act 1968.
(4)
For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1968, any act, wherever committed, which —
is an offence under this Act or an attempt to commit such an offence, or would be such an offence or attempt but for section 3(2), 5(5) or 6(5) or (6); and
is an offence against the law of any State in the case of which the Extradition Act 1968 has been applied by a notification in the Gazette made under section 4 of that Act,is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of that State.
(5)
In this section, “Convention” means the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970 or the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on 23 September 1971 or the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation signed at Montreal on 24 February 1988.