Section 3. Given the increasing incidences of piracy, including within India's Exclusive Economic Zone, and the

3. Given the increasing incidences of piracy, including within India's Exclusive Economic Zone, and the increasing number of pirates apprehended by the Indian Naval forces, the need is felt for a comprehensive domestic legislation on piracy, which is an outcome to the commitment made by India by signing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the year 1982 and ratified in the year 1995.