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| (1) Any person, whether he is a citizen of Sri Lanka or not, who commits, on board, or in relation to, a foreign aircraft, outside Sri Lanka, any act referred to in paragraph (A) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) or paragraph (f) or paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section 17 shall be guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act and shall be liable, on conviction after trial before the High Court, to imprisonment for life. |
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| (2) Any person who attempts to commit, or abets the commission of, an offence under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act and shall be liable, on conviction after trial before the High Court, to the same punishment as is prescribed for the first-mentioned offence. |
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| (3) No Court in Sri Lanka shall have jurisdiction to try an offence under this section except in the following cases, that is to say-
| | (a) where the act constituting the offence is committed in Sri Lanka ; or | | |
| | (b) where the foreign aircraft on board which, or in relation to which, the act constituting the offence is committed lands in Sri Lanka with the alleged offender on board ; or | | |
| | (c) where the foreign aircraft on board which, or in relation to which, the act constituting such offence is committed, has been leased without crew, to a lessee who has his principal place of business in Sri Lanka, or (if he has no such place of business), has his permanent residence in Sri Lanka ; or | | |
| | (d) where the act constituting such offence is an act referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 17 committed in relation to a foreign aircraft, or the attempt to commit, or the abetment of the commission of, any such act, if the person committing such act is present in Sri Lanka. | | |
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