Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016
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| Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016 | |
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| Parliament of India | |
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| Citation | Act No. 30 of 2016 |
| Territorial extent | India |
| Passed by | Rajya Sabha |
| Passed | 4 May 2016 |
| Passed by | Lok Sabha |
| Passed | 9 May 2016 |
| Assented to | 13 May 2016 |
| Commenced | 5 July 2017 |
| Legislative history | |
| Initiating chamber: Rajya Sabha | |
| Bill title | The Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014 |
| Bill citation | Bill No. LIII of 2014 |
| Introduced by | Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
| Introduced | 17 December 2014 |
| Committee report | Standing Committee Report |
| Final stages | |
| Reported from conference committee | 11 March 2015 |
| Repeals | |
| The Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 | |
| Summary | |
| An Act to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and for matters connected therewith. | |
| Status: In force | |
The Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016 is an Act of the Parliament of India intended to enforce the Hague Hijacking Convention and the 2010 Beijing Protocol Supplementary to the Convention. The act repeals and replaces the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982. 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.[1]
The Narendra Modi administration believed that The Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982 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.[2][1]