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Ekanayake v. Attorney-General

Sri Lanka.  28 May 1986 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Air — Hijacking — Conviction under municipal legislation — Sri Lanka Offences Against Aircraft Act 1982 — Statute enacted to fulfil international obligations — Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, 1963 — Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970 — Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1971 — Whether conviction under statute enacted after offences committed lawful — Whether permissible for domestic legislation to have retroactive effect where offence already recognized as a crime by the community of nations

Jurisdiction — Nationality principle — Whether courts of State of nationality have jurisdiction over offences committed outside that State on board foreign aircraft — The law of Sri Lanka

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© Cambridge University Press 1992

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