Article
1
Definitions
1
For the purposes of this Agreement, “piracy” means any of the following acts:
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a)
any illegal act of violence or 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:
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(i)
on the high seas, against another ship, or against persons or property on board such ship;
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(ii)
against a ship, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;
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(i)
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b)
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;
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c)
any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a) or (b).
2
For the purposes of this Agreement, “armed robbery against ships” means any of the following acts:
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a)
any illegal act of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends and directed against a ship, or against persons or property on board such ship, in a place within a Contracting Party’s jurisdiction over such offences;
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b)
any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship with knowledge of facts making it a ship for armed robbery against ships;
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c)
any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a) or (b).