3. 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)

by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-

“(1) Any person who, by any means, directly or indirectly, unlawfully and wilfully provides or collects funds or property with the intention that such funds or property should be used, or in the knowledge that they are to be used or having reason to believe that they are likely to be used, in full or in part, in order to commit-

(a)

an act which constitutes an offence within the scope of, or within the definition of any one of the Treaties specified in

Schedule I hereto;

(b)

any other act, intended to cause death or serious bodily injury, to civilians or to any other person not taking an active part in the hostilities, in a situation of armed conflict or otherwise and the purpose of such act, by its nature or context is to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or an international organization, to do or to abstain from doing any act; or

(c)

any terrorist act, shall be guilty of the offence of financing of a terrorist act, a terrorist or terrorists, or a terrorist organization:

Provided that, for an act to constitute the offence set out above, it shall not be necessary to show that the funds or property provided or collected were actually used in the commission of an offence.”;

Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist

(2)

in subsection (2) by the substitution for the words

“the offence of financing of terrorists or terrorist organization” of the words “the offence of financing of a terrorist act, a terrorist or terrorists or a terrorist organization”;

(3)

by the insertion immediately after subsection (2)

thereof of the following new subsection :—

“(2A) Any person who unlawfully and wilfully by any direct or indirect means provides or conspires to provide, material support or resources to any terrorist or terrorists or a terrorist organization shall be guilty of an offence under this Act:

Provided however that, providing assistance on humanitarian grounds by a person or body of persons, shall not amount to an offence within the meaning of this Act.”.

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