Section 3: Prohibition of acts of terrorism

3. Prohibition of acts of terrorism (1) Any person who— (a) does, participates in, collaborates in, consents to, threatens to do, or does an act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, an act of terrorism; (aa) promotes, encourages or exhorts one or more persons to commit an act of terrorism; or (b) omits to do anything that is reasonably necessary to prevent an act of terrorism, shall commit an offence. (2) In this section— “act of terrorism” means an act which— (a) may seriously damage a country or an international organisation; and (b) is intended or can reasonably be regarded as having been intended to— (i) seriously intimidate a population; (ii) unduly compel a Government or an international organisation to perform or abstain from performing any act; (iii) seriously destabilise or destroy the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organisation; or (iv) otherwise influence such Government, or international organisation; and (c) involves or causes, as the case may be— (i) attacks on a person’s life which may cause death; (ii) attacks on the physical integrity of a person; (iii) kidnapping of a person; P27 – 3 [Issue 9] Prevention of Terrorism Act (iv) extensive destruction to a Government or public facility, a transport system, an infrastructure facility, including an information system, a fixed platform located on the continental shelf, a public place or private property, likely to endanger human life or result in major economic loss; (v) the seizure of an aircraft, a ship or other means of public or goods transport; (vi) the manufacture, possession, acquisition, transport, supply or use of weapons, explosives or of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, as well as research into, and development of, biological and chemical weapons; (vii) the release of dangerous substance, or causing of fires, explosions or floods, the effect of which is to endanger human life; (viii) interference with or disruption of the supply of water, power or any other fundamental natural resource, the effect of which is to endanger life. [S. 3 amended by s. 4 of Act 27 of 2016 w.e.f. 9 January 2017.]