What constitutes a terrorist act (Sec. 15):
Whoever, with intent to threaten the unity, integrity,
security or sovereignty of India or to strike terror in the people or any
section of the people in India or in any foreign country, does any act by
using bombs, dynamite or other explosive substances or inflammable
substances or firearms or other lethal weapons or poisons or noxious gases
or other chemicals or by any other substances (whether biological or
otherwise) of a hazardous nature, in such a manner as to cause, or likely
to cause, death of, or injuries to any person or persons or loss of, or
damage to, or destruction of, property or disruption of any supplies or
services essential to the life of the community in India or in any foreign
country or causes damage or destruction of any property or equipment used
or intended to be used for the defence of India or in connection with any
other purposes of the Government of India, any state government or any of
their agencies, or detains any person and threatens to kill or injure such
person in order to compel the government in India or the government of a
foreign country or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act,
commits a terrorist act.
Punishment for terrorist (Sec. 16):
Whoever commits a terrorist act shall –
(a) if such act has resulted in the death of any person,
be punishable with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be
liable to fine;
(b) in any other case, be punishable with imprisonment for
a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to
imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
Punishment for funding terrorist act (Sec. 17):
Whoever raises funds for the purpose of committing a
terrorist act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall
not be less than five years but which may extend to imprisonment for life,
and shall also be liable to fine.
Punishment for being part of terrorist conspiracy (Sec.
18):
Whoever conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates,
abets, advises or incites or knowingly facilitates the commission of a
terrorist act, or any act preparatory to the commission of a terrorist
act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be
less than five years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and
shall also be liable to fine.
Punishment for hiding terrorist (Sec. 19):
Whoever voluntarily harbours or conceals, or attempts to
harbour or conceal any person knowing that such person is a terrorist
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less
than three years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall
also be liable to fine:
Provided that this section shall not apply to any case in
which the harbour or concealment is by the spouse of the offender.
Punishment for being member of terrorist gang or
organisation (Sec. 20):
Any person who is a member of a terrorist gang or a
terrorist organisation, which is involved in terrorist act, shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to imprisonment
for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
Punishment possessing explosives etc. for aiding terrorism
(Sec. 23):
(1) If any person with intent to aid any terrorist
contravenes any provision of, or any rule made under the Explosives Act
1884 or the Explosive Substances Act 1908 or the Inflammable Substances
Act 1952 or the Arms Act 1959, or is in unauthorised possession of any
bomb, dynamite or hazardous explosive substance or other lethal weapon or
substance capable of mass destruction or biological or chemical substance
of warfare, he shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any of the
aforesaid acts or the rules made thereunder, be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which
may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) Any person who, with intent to aid any terrorist,
attempts to contravene or abets, or does any act preparatory to
contravention of any provision of any law or rule specified in subsection
(1), shall be deemed to have contravened that provision under subsection
(1) and the provisions of that subsection in relation to such person, have
effect subject to the modification that the reference to "imprisonment for
life" therein shall be construed as a reference to "imprisonment for ten
years".
Definition of a terrorist gang (Sec. 4l):
"Terrorist gang" means any association, other than
terrorist organisation, whether systematic or otherwise, which is
concerned with, or involved in, terrorist act.
Definition of a terrorist organisation (Sec. 4m):
"Terrorist organisation" means an organisation listed in
the schedule or an organisation operating under the same name as an
organisation so listed;
Definition of unlawful activity (Sec. 4o):
"Unlawful activity", in relation to an individual or
association, means any action taken by such individual or association
(whether by committing an act or by words, either spoken or written, or by
signs or by visible representation or otherwise) –
(i) which is intended, or supports any claim, to bring
about, on any ground whatsoever, the cession of a part of the territory of
India or the secession of a part of the territory of India from the union,
or which incites any individual or group of individuals to bring about
such cession or secession; or
(ii) which disclaims, questions, disrupts or is intended
to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India; or
(iii) which causes or is intended to cause disaffection
against India
Definition of unlawful activity (Sec. 4p):
"Unlawful association" means any association –
(i) which has for its object any unlawful activity, or
which encourages or aids persons to undertake any unlawful activity, or of
which the members undertake such activity; or
(ii) which has for its object any activity which is
punishable under Section 153A or Section 153B of the Indian Penal Code, or
which encourages or aids persons to undertake any such activity, or of
which the members undertake any such activity