CURRENT AFFAIRS

2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lok Sabha has passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill, 2014 that seeks to repeal The Anti-Hijacking Act of
A
1994
B
1982
C
1989
D
1991
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Bill seeks to repeal The Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982, and give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970 and its Protocol Supplementary, signed on September 10, 2010.

Detailed explanation-2: -(1) This Act may be called the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982. (2) It extends to the whole of India and, save as otherwise provided in this Act, it applies also to any offence thereunder committed outside India by any person.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 2016 Act was enacted to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970 (also known as the Hague Hijacking Convention) and the 2010 Beijing Protocol Supplementary to the Convention which India has acceded to.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -[6th November, 1982.] 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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