Section 5. Accordingly, the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019, inter alia, provides for the following

5. Accordingly, the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019, inter alia, provides for the following. (a) to make the provisions of the proposed legislation applicable to all parts of the sea adjacent to and beyond the limits of Exclusive Economic Zone of India; (b) to make the act of piracy on high seas as an offence punishable with imprisonment for life or with death; (c) to provide for punishment for attempt to commit offence of piracy or being an accessory to the commission of offence; (d) to provide for presumption of guilt in case certain conditions are satisfied; (e) to make the offence extraditable; (f) to enable the Central Government, in consultation with the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court, to specify certain courts as Designated Courts for speedy trial of offences of piracy under the proposed legislation.