Section 1:
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the AntiHijacking Act, 2016.
(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.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 5th July, 2017, vide notification No. G.S.R. 827(E), dated 5th July, 2017, see Gazette of India, Part II, s. 3.