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DMA-2010-L-84779
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Piracy Act 2010 (Act No. 11 of 2010).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Dominica
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2010-06-10
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides for the definition of "piracy" (article 2)
"2. (a) any illegal acts 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 -
(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;
(II) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;
(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;
(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a) or (b).
3. A person engages in piracy commits an offence.
4. A person who commits piracy is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term of 20 years."
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica
URL
http://www.dominica.gov.dm/
File
DMA84779.pdf (PDF)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Dominica: Acts
Author
Government Printer
Publisher
Governmenty Printery
Place of publication
Roseau
Country
Dominica
Date
2010
Page range
pp. 99-100