Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 5. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON · Article 3. KIDNAPPING, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-5-44. Hijacking an aircraft.

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(a)
A person commits the offense of hijacking an aircraft when he (1) by use of force or (2) by intimidation by the use of threats or coercion places the pilot of an aircraft in fear of immediate serious bodily injury to himself or to another and causes the diverting of an aircraft from its intended destination to a destination dictated by such person.#
(b)
The offense of hijacking is declared to be a continuing offense from the point of beginning, and jurisdiction to try a person accused of the offense of hijacking shall be in any county of this state over which the aircraft is operated.#
(c)
A person convicted of the offense of hijacking an aircraft shall be punished by death or life imprisonment.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1933, § 26-3301, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 741, § 1.

Time limitation on prosecutions for crimes, § 17-3-1.

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Text read from t16-ch1-6-(v14)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V14, 2019 edition, pages 924 to 925; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 7e331f0ca7d3.