The Anti Hijacking Act, 2016

Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016 — Handbook is a single-volume, practice-oriented manual converting the Act’s statutory language into immediate, usable legal and operational guidance. Beginning with verbatim sections, the book annotates each provision to explain the ingredients of the offence, modes of liability (including complicity and abetment), jurisdictional reach, special courts and sentencing structure. A dedicated section links domestic law to international aviation treaties (Tokyo, Montreal, Beijing Conventions) and explains obligations on states and carriers. The manual offers step-by-step flowcharts for on-board incidents, arrest and custody protocols, evidence preservation (black box/data, passenger manifests), and emergency legal processes (special courts, witness protection, extradition/surrender). For courtroom use it supplies short, annotated case briefs illustrating judicial approaches to interpretation, model FIRs, complaint templates, bail/anticipatory bail drafting notes, and checklists for prosecution and defence that flag procedural pitfalls. Also included are compliance notes for airlines and airports — reporting obligations, liaison with investigating agencies and ICAO-aligned best practices. Indexed for quick lookup, this handbook is designed to support investigators, counsel and regulatory officers handling hijacking and aviation-security incidents.