Terrorism Bill

Terrorism Bill - continued	House of Lords
PART VI, MISCELLANEOUS - continued

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Inciting terrorism overseas

England and Wales.

59. - (1) A person commits an offence if-

(a) he incites another person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) the act would, if committed in England and Wales, constitute one of the offences listed in subsection (2).

(2) Those offences are-

(a) murder,

(b) an offence under section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (wounding with intent),

(d) an offence under section 28 or 29 of that Act (explosions), and

(e) an offence under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (endangering life by damaging property).

(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to any penalty to which he would be liable on conviction of the offence listed in subsection (2) which corresponds to the act which he incites.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) it is immaterial whether or not the person incited is in the United Kingdom at the time of the incitement.

(5) Nothing in this section imposes criminal liability on any person acting on behalf of, or holding office under, the Crown.

Northern Ireland.

60. - (1) A person commits an offence if-

(a) he incites another person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) the act would, if committed in Northern Ireland, constitute one of the offences listed in subsection (2).

(2) Those offences are-

(a) murder,

(b) an offence under section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (wounding with intent),

(d) an offence under section 28 or 29 of that Act (explosions), and

(e) an offence under Article 3(2) of the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (endangering life by damaging property).

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) it is immaterial whether or not the person incited is in the United Kingdom at the time of the incitement.

(5) Nothing in this section imposes criminal liability on any person acting on behalf of, or holding office under, the Crown.

Scotland.

61. - (1) A person commits an offence if-

(a) he incites another person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) the act would, if committed in Scotland, constitute one of the offences listed in subsection (2).

(2) Those offences are-

(a) murder,

(b) assault to severe injury, and

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) it is immaterial whether or not the person incited is in the United Kingdom at the time of the incitement.

(5) Nothing in this section imposes criminal liability on any person acting on behalf of, or holding office under, the Crown.

Terrorist bombing and finance offences

Terrorist bombing: jurisdiction.

62. - (1) If-

(a) a person does anything outside the United Kingdom as an act of terrorism or for the purposes of terrorism, and

(b) his action would have constituted the commission of one of the offences listed in subsection (2) if it had been done in the United Kingdom,

he shall be guilty of the offence.

(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(b) are-

(a) an offence under section 2, 3 or 5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (causing explosions, &c.),

(b) an offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 (biological weapons), and

Terrorist finance: jurisdiction.

63. - (1) If-

(a) a person does anything outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) his action would have constituted the commission of an offence under any of sections 15 to 18 if it had been done in the United Kingdom,

he shall be guilty of the offence.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), section 18(1)(b) shall be read as if for "the jurisdiction" there were substituted "a jurisdiction".

Extradition.

64. - (1) The Extradition Act 1989 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 22(2) (international conventions) after paragraph (l) insert-

	"(m) the Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, which was opened for signature at New York on 12th January 1998 ("the Terrorist Bombings Convention");
	(n) the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism which was opened for signature at New York on 10th January 2000 ("the Terrorist Finance Convention")."

(3) In section 22(4) after paragraph (l) insert-

	"(m) in relation to the Terrorist Bombings Convention, an offence, committed as an act of terrorism or for the purposes of terrorism, under-
	(i) section 2, 3 or 5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (causing explosions, &c.),
	(ii) section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 (biological weapons), or
	(iii) section 2 of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (chemical weapons);
	(n) in relation to the Terrorist Finance Convention, an offence under any of sections 15 to 18 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (terrorist property: offences)."

(4) After section 24(4) (suppression of terrorism) insert-

	"(5) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall have effect in relation to an offence to which section 22(4)(m) or (n) above applies as they have effect in relation to an offence to which section 1 of the Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 applies.
	(6) For that purpose subsection (2) applies to a country which is a party to-
	(a) the Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings mentioned in section 22(2)(m) above, or
	(b) the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism mentioned in section 22(2)(n) above."

(5) The offences to which an Order in Council under section 2 of the Extradition Act 1870 (arrangements with foreign states) can apply shall include-

(a) offences under the provisions mentioned in sections 62(2) and 63(1)(b),

(b) conspiracy to commit any of those offences, and

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