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Hostages Act

LAWS OF TUVALU
2008 REVISED EDITION

CAP. 10.15

HOSTAGES ACT

AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFENCE OF TAKING HOSTAGES^[1]

Commencement [1 January 1985]

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1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hostages Act.

2 Hostage taking

(1) A person, whatever his nationality, who, in Tuvalu or elsewhere —

(a) detains any other person; and

(b) in order to compel a State, international or governmental organization or person to do or not to do some act, threatens to kill or injure, or to continue to detain, the hostage,

is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life.

(2) In subsection (1)(b), "the hostage" means the person referred to in subsection (1)(a).

3 Prosecution or offences

Proceedings for an offence against section 2 may be instituted only by or with the consent of the Attorney General.

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¹1990 Revised Edition Cap. 8A – Act 7 of 1984