Section 4: Act of terrorism by any 2 or more persons
This section is inserted by Act No 13 of 2019, section 42.
consolidated text (as at 2018, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4. Act of terrorism by any 2 or more persons
Any 2 or more persons who associate for the purpose of –
(a) committing, or attempting to commit, an act of
terrorism;
(b) participating as an accomplice in an act of
terrorism;
(c) organising, or directing, any other person to
commit an act of terrorism; or
(d) contributing to the commission of an act of
terrorism by a group of persons acting with a
common purpose where the contribution is made
intentionally and with the aim of furthering
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the act of terrorism or with the knowledge of
the intention of the group to commit an act of
terrorism;
shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable
to penal servitude for a term of not less than 5 years and not
more than 35 years.
(c) in section 5A –
(i) by numbering the existing provision as subsection (1);
(ii) by adding the following new subsection –
(2) Any person who receives training from, or
in any manner participates in training with, a proscribed
organisation shall commit an offence.
(d) in section 6(1)(b), by deleting the words “or a person declared
to be suspected international terrorist under section10(1)”.
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- What is the penalty for two or more people associating to commit an act of terrorism?