Maritime Offences (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences
5. Hijacking of ships
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to subsection (2), a person who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes a ship or exercises control of it, is guilty of an offence, whatever his nationality and whether the ship is in
ship
“ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever not permanently attached to the seabed or which has been withdrawn from navigation or laid up, including a dynamically supported craft, a submersible and any other floating craft;
Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere.
Maritime Offences
(Ships and Fixed Platforms)
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a warship or any other ship used as a naval auxiliary or in customs or law enforcement service unless —
warship
“warship” means a ship belonging to the armed forces of a state and bearing distinguishing external marks, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the Government of that state, and manned by a crew which is under regular armed services discipline.
the person seizing or exercising control of the ship is a citizen of Brunei Darussalam;
the act is committed in Brunei Darussalam; or
the ship is used in the naval, customs or law enforcement service of Brunei Darussalam.
Terms defined in s 2
ship
Defined · s 2“ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever not permanently attached to the seabed or which has been withdrawn from navigation or laid up, including a dynamically supported craft, a submersible and any other floating craft;
warship
Defined · s 2“warship” means a ship belonging to the armed forces of a state and bearing distinguishing external marks, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the Government of that state, and manned by a crew which is under regular armed services discipline.
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