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28: 296:. The bill was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on 29 December, and the Committee submitted its report on 11 March 2015. The bill as recommended by the Committee was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 4 May 2016 and by the 256:. The new Act broadens the definition of hijacking to include any attempt to seize or gain control of an aircraft using "any technological means", which accounts for the possibility that the hijackers may not be physically present on board the aircraft. 272:
was not comprehensive enough to deal with modern-day hijack techniques, did not penalize individuals who made false hijack threats, and had weak penalties that did not serve as sufficient deterrent to potential hijackers.
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An Act to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and for matters connected therewith.
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and the 2010 Beijing Protocol Supplementary to the Convention. The Act repeals and replaces
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is an Act of the Parliament of India intended to enforce the
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on 9 May 2016. The bill received assent from then President
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on 16 May 2016. The Act came into force on 5 July 2017.
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Parliament of India
Long title
Act No. 30 of 2016
Rajya Sabha
Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
Bill
Bill No. LIII of 2014
Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Standing Committee Report
conference committee
Repeals
The Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982
Hague Hijacking Convention
Narendra Modi administration
Rajya Sabha
Minister of Civil Aviation
Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Lok Sabha
Pranab Mukherjee
The Gazette of India


"Dealing with hijacking"
"The Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016: An Explainer – The Wire"
"The Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014"
"The Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016"
the original
"Anti-hijack law comes into effect"

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