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Rh :(d) attempting to commit any of those offences; or
 * (e) aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any of those offences;

"ship" means any vessel (including hovercraft, submersible craft and other floating craft) other than one which—
 * (a) permanently rests on, or is permanently attached to, the seabed; or
 * (b) has been withdrawn from navigation or laid up;

"unlawfully"—
 * (a) in relation to the commission of an act in Singapore, means so as (apart from this Act) to constitute an offence under any written law in force in Singapore; and
 * (b) in relation to the commission of an act outside Singapore, means so that the commission of the act would (apart from this Act) have been an offence under any written law in force in Singapore if it had been committed in Singapore.

Hijacking of ships

3.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who unlawfully, by the use of force or by threats of any kind, seizes a ship or exercises control of a ship, shall be guilty of an offence, whatever his nationality or citizenship, whatever the state in which the ship is registered and whether the ship is in Singapore or elsewhere.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any act committed in relation to a warship, or any other ship used as a naval auxiliary or in customs or law enforcement service, unless—
 * (a) the person seizing or exercising control of the ship is a citizen of Singapore;
 * (b) the act is committed in Singapore; or
 * (c) the ship is used in the naval, customs or law enforcement service of Singapore.