China: Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of 1992 regarding the Punishment of Criminals engaged in Aircraft Hijacking

China: Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of 1992 regarding the Punishment of Criminals engaged in Aircraft Hijacking, 28 December 1992, https://www.refworld.org/legal/decreees/natlegbod/1992/en/37185 [accessed 13 November 2025]
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With a view to punishing aircraft hijacking criminals and safeguarding the safety of passengers and aircraft, it is hereby decided as follows:

Whoever hijacks any aircraft by means of violence, intimidation or in any other manner shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of no less than ten years or life imprisonment; any hijacker who causes serious bodily injury to or death of any other person, or serious damage to the aircraft, or if the circumstances are especially serious, shall be sentenced to death; and if the circumstances are relatively minor, the hijacker shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five year but not more than ten years.

Comments:
全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于惩治劫持航空器犯罪分子的决定. This is an unofficial translation. This Decision was adopted at the 29th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on December 28, 1992, and promulgated by Order No. 67 of the President of the People's Republic of China for implementation on December 28, 1992.
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