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4. Amendment of section 3 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

in subsection (1) of that section, by the repeal of the proviso to that subsection and the substitution therefor, of the following proviso: -

“Provided that, for an act to constitute the offence set out above, it shall not be necessary to show that the funds, property or other assets, material support or resources provided or collected were actually used in the commission of an offence or linked to a specific terrorist act.”;

(2)

in subsection (2) of that section –

(a)

by the repeal of paragraph (b) and the substitution therefor, of the following paragraph: -

“(b) aids or abets the commission of;”;

and

(b)

by the insertion immediately after paragraph (b), of the following new paragraphs: -

“(ba) organizes and directs others to commit or attempt to commit;

(bb)

participates as an accomplice in;

(bc)

contributes to the commission or attempted commission of; or”;

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(3)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (2A)

of that section, of the following new subsection: -

“(2B) Any person who unlawfully and willfully, by direct or indirect means, collects or conspires to collect from another person funds, property or other assets, material support or resources, or provides or conspires to provide another person funds, property or other assets, material support or resources, knowing or having reasons to believe that such funds, property or other assets, material support or resources will be used or are to be used to finance persons -

(a)

for the purpose of perpetration, planning or preparation of, or participation in, or providing or receiving terrorist training in Sri

Lanka to commit a terrorist act in or outside Sri Lanka;

(b)

for travelling or attempting to travel to another State or territory to commit a terrorist act in or outside

Sri Lanka;

(c)

for travelling or attempting to travel to another State or territory to become a foreign terrorist fighter;

(d)

for travelling or attempting to travel to another State or territory for the purpose of -

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(i)

perpetration, planning or preparation of, or participation in, a terrorist act in or outside

Sri Lanka;

(ii)

perpetration, planning or preparation of, or participation in, or providing or receiving terrorist training in one State or territory and to serve or fight for any terrorist organization in that

State or territory or in another

State or territory;

(iii)

providing or receiving terrorist training including and in connection with armed conflicts or in connection with any resolution to address the threat associated with such armed conflict;

(iv)

willfully recruiting, organizing, transporting or equipping persons who travel or attempt to travel to a State other than his

State of residence or nationality for the purpose of perpetration, planning or preparation of, or participation in, a terrorist act or providing or receiving terrorist training; or

(v)

willful organization or other facilitation including acts of recruitment, of persons, who travel or attempt to travel to

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a State other than his State of residence or nationality for the purpose of perpetration, planning or preparation of, or participation in, a terrorist act or providing or receiving terrorist training; or

(e)

for engaging in trafficking of persons for terrorist training, commits an offence under this Act.”;

(4)

in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution for the words and figures “specified in subsection (1), subsection (2) or subsection (2A) of this section”, of the words and figures “specified in subsection (1), subsection (2), subsection (2A) or subsection (2B) of this section”; and

(5)

in subsection (4) of that section, by the substitution for the words and figures “under subsection (1), subsection (2) or subsection (2A) of this section”, of the words and figures “under subsection (1), subsection (2), subsection (2A) or subsection (2B) of this section” and by the substitution for the words “and also be liable to a fine.”, of the words “or with a fine not exceeding one hundred million rupees, or with both such imprisonment and fine.”.

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