Section 4: Prohibits Any Act of Terrorist Financing

¹1) No person shall voluntarily, by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, provide or collect any property or funds to any such person or organisation in furtherance of any terrorist act or terrorist person or terrorist organisation or in knowing that it is or may be used in whole or in part by foreign terrorist fighters.

2) No person shall engage in any of the acts mentioned in sub-section (1) to solicit, facilitate, encourage, assist or industry.

3) No person shall, by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, provide material support or resources to, or conspire with, a terrorist individual or terrorist organisation or foreign terrorist fighter to commit an act of terrorism.

4) No person shall undertake any of the following acts in relation to any act mentioned in sub-section (1),(2) or (3):

(a) To participate as an accomplice in such an act,

(b) To organise or direct others to commit such as,

(c) To contribute to a group of persons who commit such an act or have a common purpose for committing such an act or wilfully promote such a group of persons to further their criminal activities or to achieve such purpose.

5) It shall be the offence of terrorist financing if any of the following circumstances exist in relation to any act under this section:

(a) Even if the terrorist act does not occur or is not attempted,

(b) Even if funds were not actually used to commit or in the attempt the terrorist act,

(c) Even if such funds are linked or not to a specific terrorist act,

²(c1) Even if travels from one country or place to another to prepare for, plan for, participate in, train for, or participate in the commission of a terrorist act knowingly provides property or funds for direct or indirect expenses for travel or other similar acts.

(d) Even if the terrorist act or intended terrorist act does occur or will occur in the same State or territory or somewhere else,

(e) Even if the terrorist organisation and individual terrorist is or is not located in the same State or territory where the terrorist act is intended to or occurs, or

(f) Whether or not the funds are collected or provided from legitimate or illegitimate source.

(6) Any person who commits an act mentioned in sub-section (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) shall commit the offence of terrorist financing.

1 Amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Promotion of Business Environment Act, 2080.

^{2Added by Act, 2080 to amend certain Acts relating to Prevention of Money Laundering and  Promotion of Business Environment.}