Terrorism Bill - continued        House of Commons

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  PART III
  TERRORIST PROPERTY
 
Interpretation
Terrorist property.     14. - (1) In this Act "terrorist property" means-
 
 
    (a) money or other property which is likely to be used for the purposes of terrorism (including any resources of a proscribed organisation),
 
    (b) proceeds of the commission of acts of terrorism, and
 
    (c) proceeds of acts carried out for the purposes of terrorism.
      (2) In subsection (1)-
 
 
    (a) a reference to proceeds of an act includes a reference to any property which wholly or partly, and directly or indirectly, represents the proceeds of the act (including payments or other rewards in connection with its commission), and
 
    (b) the reference to an organisation's resources includes a reference to any money or other property which is applied or made available, or is to be applied or made available, for use by the organisation.
 
Offences
Fund-raising.     15. - (1) A person commits an offence if he-
 
 
    (a) invites another to provide money or other property, and
 
    (b) intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.
      (2) A person commits an offence if he-
 
 
    (a) receives money or other property, and
 
    (b) intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.
      (3) A person commits an offence if he-
 
 
    (a) provides money or other property, and
 
    (b) knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism.
      (4) In this section a reference to the provision of money or other property is a reference to its being given, lent or otherwise made available, whether or not for consideration.
 
Use and possession.     16. - (1) A person commits an offence if he uses money or other property for the purposes of terrorism.
 
      (2) A person commits an offence if he-
 
 
    (a) possesses money or other property, and
 
    (b) intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.
Funding arrangements.     17. A person commits an offence if-
 
 
    (a) he enters into or becomes concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property is made available or is to be made available to another, and
 
    (b) he knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism.
 
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