MEASURES
TO COMBA T TER RO RI SM AND TR
ANSNAT IONA L ORGAN
IS ED CRIME ACT 200 5 A
rr an gemen t of Sections P ART I
— P RE
LIMI NARY 1. Short tit
le 2. I
n te rp re tati on —
‘ ac
t of viol ence’ ‘ A
dmini str ato r’ ‘ ai
rc ra ft’ ‘ autho
ris ed offic er’ ‘ chil
d’ ‘ cit
ize n’ ‘ com
mer cia l c arr ier ’ ‘ cons
ula r offi cer ’ ‘ count
er t err orism conv ention’ ‘ C
our t’ ‘ cr
aft ’ ‘ det
ection a gent’ ‘ enti
ty ’ ‘ e
xpl oitati on’ ‘ e
xpl osive o r other leth al d ev ic e’ ‘ f
a mil y l and’ ‘ fin
anci al in stitution’ ‘ F
in an ci al I nte llige nce U nit’ ‘ fixed
platf orm’ ‘ fo
rfe itur e o rd er’ ‘ f
ra udulen t travel o r iden tity do cume nt’ ‘ ille
gal e ntr y ’ ‘ int
erna tion al nucl ear tr ans po rt’ ‘ int
erna tion al or ganisa tion ’ ‘ int
erna tion ally pr ote ct ed p erson ’ ‘ m
ate rial b en efit ’ ‘ m
ilit ary d evi ce ’ ‘ m
ilit ary s er vice ’ ‘ nucl
ear ma ter ia l’ ‘ ope
rato r’ ‘ or
ga nise d c riminal gr oup ’ ‘ peopl
e smug glin g’ ‘ pl
asti c explosive ’ ‘ Plas
tics Explosives Convention ’ ‘ pr
ivil eg ed c ommunication ’ ‘ pr
op erty ’ ‘ publi
c offici al’ ‘ r
ec eivin g count ry ’

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‘ r
eg is tra ble pr operty ’ ‘ s
hip ’ ‘ s
p ec ifi ed en tity ’ ‘ s
p ec ifi ed means’ ‘ t
er ro rist a ct’ ‘ t
er ro rist g roup’ ‘ t
er ro rist p rop erty ’ ‘ t
ra ffi ck ed p ers on ’ ‘ t
ra ffi ckin g in p erson s’ ‘ unautho
ris ed p erson ’ ‘ unm
arked pl astic explosive ’ ‘ we
apon’ 3. M
eanin g o f ‘ te rro ris t ac t’ P ART II— S PEC
IF IE D E NT
ITI ES 4. L
is ted e ntities 5. D
ecla ra tions th at cert ain e ntities a re sp eci fied e ntiti es 6. Re
voc ation o f de clar ati ons 7. Pro
cedu re 8. Re
view of d ecl ar ations 9. App
eal P ART III— O FFE
NCE S R ELATED TO T E
RRO RIS M 10. T
err or is m fin ancing 11. Provis
ion of p roperty o r s ervi ces to sp ecifi ed e ntity 12. D
ealing with t errori st p rop ert y 13. H
arbou rin g of p ers ons c ommitt ing t err oris t a cts 14. Provis
ion of w eapon s to terro rist g roups 15. Re
crui tme nt of p ers ons to be members of t errori st g ro ups or f or t erro rist a cts P ART IV—
M AN
AGEME NT AN
D F ORFEIT
URE O
F T ERRORI
ST P RO
PERTY D I
V IS ION 1—M AN
AGE MENT 16. Di
re ction to t ake cont rol of p roperty 17. Noti
ce of direction 18. V
ari ation, re vocat ion o r e xpi ry o f di re ction 19. App
eal 20. F
urt he r p rovi sions on mana gem ent of p roperty of sp ecifi ed e ntities 21. T
hird p art ie s ma y a ppl y for re lief 22. Court ma
y g ra n t re lief to thi rd p art y D I
V IS ION 2—
F ORF
EIT U RE 23. Appli
cation fo r forfeitu re o rder 24. M
ak ing forfe it u re ord er 25. E
ffe ct of for fe itu re o rder

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26. Prot
ection of third p arti es 27. Re
tu rn of p roperty 28. App
eal D I
V IS IO N 3—
I NFORMAT
ION 29. Dis
closu re o f inf ormation 30. E
xc han ge of info rma tion rel atin g to t erro rist gr oups a nd t erro rist a cts P ART V—
P O
W ER TO R E
MO VE AN
D P REVENT E NT
RY O
F P ERS
ONS 31. Powe
r to preve nt e ntr y a nd o rde r the r em oval o f pe rsons P ART VI—C OUNTER T ERRORI
SM C ON
VENTION S D I
V IS ION 1—
I NT
ERNA TION ALL Y P R
OT EC TED P E
R SO NS 32. Off
ence s a gain st int ernation all y prot ect ed p ers ons D I
V IS IO N 2—H OS
TA GES 33. Off
ence of hos ta g e t akin g D I
V IS IO N 3—N UC
LEA R M AT
ER IA L 34. Mov
ement of nucl ear mat erial 35. Off
ence s re latin g t o nucl ear mat eria l D I
V IS IO N 4—M A
RIT IME S A
FE TY 36. Off
ence s re latin g t o m ariti me s af ety 37. A
rre st a nd d elivery D I
V IS IO N 5—P L
A ST IC E XP
LOS IV ES 38. Off
ence s re latin g t o pl asti c explos ive s D I
V IS IO N 6—T E
R RORI ST B OMB
ING 39. Off
ence s re latin g t o t erro rist bombing s P ART VII—T RA
NSNATIO NAL O RGANI
SED C RI
ME 40. Pa
rti cipati on in org an is ed cr im ina l g ro up 41. Cor
ruption P ART VIII—T RAF
FICK ING IN P ERSON
S AN
D P EO
PLE S MUGGLING
42. Off
ence of t raf fic kin g in pe rsons 43. Off
ence of t raf fic kin g in chil dren 44. Consent of
traffi cked p erson 45. Prot
ection for tr affi cked p ersons 46. Off
ence of p eople smug glin g 47. Off
ence to f acilit ate th e stay of a n unauthori sed p erson 48. Off
ence s re lated to f raudul ent trave l o r i denti ty documents 49. A
ggrav ate d of fe n ces 50. Prot
ection for smug gled p ersons

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51. Obli
gation on c ommerc ial c arrie rs 52. B
oardi ng, searc h a nd d etention o f c ra ft P ART IX—
G ENER
AL P RO
VIS IONS 53. Jurisdiction
54. Consent of
Att o rn ey -Gen eral 55. Re
stri ct ed g ro und s for re fusal t o extradit e or p rovide mutua l a ssis tan ce 56. L
ia bilit y of a body c or por ate 57. Control
led delive ry of p ropert y 58. Provis
ion of info rmation relat in g t o pe rson s, go ods o r cra ft e ntering or l eavin g K ir ib ati 59. Re
gula tions S CH
EDUL E 1

R
EPUBL IC O F K IR IB A TI (
№ 3 of 2005 ) I
ass ent, Be
retit enti 2005
AN A
CT TO C OM BAT TERRORISM AND T
R ANSNA TIONAL O RGAN ISED CRIM E A
ND FO R ANCILLARY PURPOSES Co
mme ncem ent: 2005
MAD
E b
y th e M ane ab a ni Ma ungata bu and a ssent ed to b y th e B eret ite nt i P A
RT I—P RE
LIMI NARY 1. Short
titl e Thi
s A ct m ay be cited a s th e M
ea sure s to C ombat Terrorism and Transnational Organised Crime A
ct 2005.
2. I
n terp reta tion (
1 ) I
n t hi s A ct, unl ess the context othe rw is e re quires— ‘ a
ct of viol ence ’
means a
n act or omission— (
a ) in Ki
rib ati th at c ons titut es an off ence und er se ction 192, 193, 208, 216, 217, 218, 220, 220A
, 221, 222, 237, 238 o r 319A of the P
enal Code (
whi ch re late to m
ur der , attempted murder, manslau ghter, e nd ang erin g li fe , a ssau lt and c aus ing e
xpl osions ); or (
b ) outs
ide Ki ribat i th at, if don e or omit ted in Ki rib ati would con stitute a n of fe nc e m
enti oned in pa ra g ra ph ( a) ;
‘ Administrato
r ’
mea
ns the Administrato r appo int ed und er th e Pro
ceeds of Crim e A ct 2003 ;
‘ a
ir cr aft ’
means a
ny a ir c raf t, w heth er or not a n airc ra ft th at is for the time being re gis te re d in Ki
riba ti, oth er th an a n aircr aft in th e custom s o r po lice se rvi ces ;
‘ a
utho ris ed off ic er ’
means— (
a ) th
e Co mm issioner of Police; o r (
b ) a Pol
ice off icer a uthori sed b y t he C om missioner of Polic e for t he pu rposes of this Act; o
r (
c ) an
y p
er son a utho rised b y th e Attor ney -G en eral for the pur poses of this A ct ;
‘ c
hild ’
means a
per son unde r 18 y
ea rs ;
‘ c
itizen ’
, fo
r K ir ib ati, inc ludes a person of Ki ribati de sce nt ;

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‘ c
om mercia l c ar rie r ’
in
clud es a com pan y o r th e op erato r of a ny me ans of t ranspo rt th at e
ng ag es in th e transpo rt of g oods o r peopl e for com mercial g ain ;
‘ c
onsu la r offi cer ’
mea
ns a cons ular offi cer of Ki ribati , includi ng a cons ul-ge neral , c on sul, p
ro – c
onsu l or c onsular a gen t of Ki ribat i ;
‘ c
ount er ter ro ris m conve ntion ’
me
ans an i nstrument m entioned in Sche dule 1 ;
‘ Court ’
mea
ns th e Hi gh C our t of Ki ribati ;
‘ c
raf t ’
in
clud es any ai rcr aft, ship, bo at or othe r ma chi ne o r vess e l us ed or capabl e of b eing use
d for the c arria ge or tr anspo rtation o f pe rs on s or go ods, o r both, b y a ir o r w ater or ov er o
r und er w ater ;
‘ d
et ec tion a gen t ’
mea
ns a subs tan ce m enti oned in th e tabl e to Part 2 of t
he Techni cal Ann ex to th
e Plasti c E xplos ive s C onve ntion ;
‘ e
ntit y ’
means a
per son, g ro up, t rust, p artn ers hi p, fund o r an unin corpo rat ed a ssociation o r o
rg ani sation ;
‘ exploitation ’
in
clud es all forms of sexua l exploi tation (inc ludin g sexua l servitud e and exploitation of an
other p erson ’s pr osti tut ion) , forced la bou r or services , sla v ery o r p
ra c tice s similar to sl avery , s ervit ude a nd the removal of o rg an s ;
‘ explosive or
other le thal de vic e ’
me ans —
(
a ) an explos
ive or oth er in ce ndi ary w eapon o r devi ce t hat i s d esi gned o r ha s th e ca
pab ilit y to caus e de ath, se rious bodil y i nju ry o r subs ta nti al mat eri al d amag e; or
(
b ) a w
eapon o r devic e t hat is d esig ned o r has th e c ap abilit y t o ca use dea th, s erious bodil
y injur y o r s ubst ant ia l m ate rial d ama ge throu gh th e re lease, dis semination or
im pac t of toxic chemic als, biolo gical a gent s, t oxins or si mila r s ubs tan ces or r
adi ation or radio activ e mater ials ;
‘ f
amil y l and ’ means l and he ld under cus tomar y te nur e th at th e landown er i s not f ree to s ell without fi
rst obtaining th e c onse nt of hi s or he r n ext- of-k in; ‘ fin
ancial in sti tution ’
h
as the me aning gi ven b y th e Proc
eed s of Crime A ct 2003 ;
‘ F
in an cia l I nte llig en ce Unit ’
h
as the meanin g g iv en b y th e Pro
cee ds of C rim e Ac t 2003 ;
‘ fixed
platfor m ’
means a
n artifici al isl and, i nstallation or structur e p ermanentl y at tac hed to th
e se a be d for the pur poses of e xploration o r exploitation of r esour ces o r fo r othe r e
co nom ic pu rpos es ;
‘ fo
rfe itur e orde r ’
mea
ns an o rder mad e b y th e C ourt und er s ection 24 ;
‘ f
ra udu le n t t rav el o r ide ntit y do cument ’
means a
trave l or id enti ty do cument that— (
a ) has
bee n made, or alt ere d in any wa y, b y a p ers on oth er th an a person o r a genc y l
a wful ly autho rise d to m ake or iss u e th e travel o r iden tity do cume nt on b eh al f of a c
ountr y; o r (
b ) has
bee n issu ed or obt ained throu gh mis repr esent ation, co rruption or du res s o r in an
y oth er unl awful manner ; or (
c ) is
b ein g us ed b y a p erson oth er th an th e l awful holder ;
‘ ille
gal en tr y ’
mea
ns ent erin g Ki rib ati o r any ot her count ry w ithout com plyin g with th e r
e qui rem ent s fo r lawful ent ry of tha t countr y ;

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‘ int
erna tion al nu clea r tr anspo rt ’
mea
ns th e c arria ge of a con signme nt of nucl ear mate rial b y a
n y me ans of t ranspo rtation int ended to g o b ey o nd th e terr ito ry o f th e c ountr y wh ere th e shipment
origin ates— (
a ) be
ginnin g with t he d ep artu re f rom a facilit y of the s hi pp er in the c ount ry ; a nd (
b ) endin
g with the a rriv al a t a f acilit y o f th e r ec eive r wit hin th e count ry of ultimate des
tin ation ;
‘ int
erna tion al o rg ani sation ’
mea
ns any or gan isat ion of Sta te s or G overnments of States o r a
n y or gan o r a ny a gen cy of an y o rg ani sa tion of th at kind ;
‘ int
erna tion ally p ro te ct ed p erson ’
mea ns —
(
a ) an
y of the following pers ons whil e in a fo reign coun try, i ncludi ng a me mbe r of th
e p erson ’s famil y ac com pan yin g him or he r— (
i) a
He ad of S tat e ( includin g an y member of a colleg ia l bod y p er fo rmin g the fun
ctions of a Head of Stat e) ;
(
ii) a
He ad of Gove rnment; (
iii ) a
M inis te r r esponsible for foreign affai rs; o r (
b ) a r
ep re se ntativ e or off ici al of a count ry o r a n offi cial o r other a gent of an int
erna tion al or ganisa tion of a n inter-g ove rnment al char ac te r who, w hen a nd w
here a c rime agai nst th e person o r the p ers on’s of fici al pr emise s, pr iva te ac
com modation or m eans of tran spo rt is com mitted, is e ntitl ed und er int
erna tion al l aw to s peci al p rotection from attac k on th e person ’s fr eedom or di
gni ty , a s well as on the person ’s f am ily f orming p art o f that pe rson’ s house
hold ;
‘ mater
ial b enefit ’
in
clud es any t ype o f fin ancial o r non -financial indu cement, pay m ent , b
ribe , re ward , a dv ant age or servi ce ;
‘ militar
y de vice ’
in
clud es a shell, bomb, proje cti le , m ine , miss ile, rocket, c harg e, g re na de or p
er fo rator, l awful ly m anufactu red exclusiv ely fo r m ilitar y or poli ce pur poses ;
‘ militar
y s ervi ce ’
i
nclud es nav al and ai r for ce s ervice; ‘ nu
clea r mate rial ’
means a
ny of th e foll ow in g —
(
a ) plutoni
um with an is otopic conc entr ati on of not more th an 80 % in plutoni
um – 238 ;
(
b ) ur
ani um – 233 ;
(
c ) ur
ani um cont aining ura nium – 233 or
ura nium – 235 o
r both ;
(
d ) ur
ani um with a natura lly o ccur rin g i sotop ic con cent ra tion, oth er th an ur ani um in th
e f orm of ore or o re re sidue; (
e ) a s
ubs tan ce c onta inin g nu cle ar mate rial ;
‘ op
erator ’
fo
r a cra ft, means th e owner, operato r or person ha vin g fo r th e time bein g c
om mand or charg e of th e craft, oth er tha n a pilot of a ship, a harbou r mast er or a law e
nfo rcement offi cer a ctin g in th e cours e of his o r her duti es ;
‘ o
rg ani sed cr iminal gro up ’
means a
group of at least th ree p ersons, e xisti ng fo r a per iod o f time,
that a cts to geth er w ith an objectiv e of obt ainin g mate rial be nefits f rom the c
om mission of of fe n ce s th at ar e punish able by a m axim um pe nal ty of a t leas t fou r years’ imprison
ment ;

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‘ p
eopl e smuggl ing ’
mea
ns the a rra ngin g o r a ss istin g of a n un aut horis ed person’ s i lle gal e
nt ry into a ny c oun tr y ;
‘ pl
asti c explos ive ’
means a
n explosive tha t— (
a ) is
for mulated w ith on e o r more hi gh explos ive s th at in the ir pur e fo rm hav e a vapou
r pre ss ure l ess th an 10 –
4 Pa a
t a tempe rature of 25 ° C;
and (
b ) is
for mulated w ith a bi nder material; a nd (
c ) is
, wh en mi xed, mall eabl e o r f le xi ble a t normal room temper atur e ;
‘ Plasti
c Expl osives Convention ’
me
ans th e C
onv ention on th e Marking of Plasti c Explosi ves for th
e Purpos e of Identifi cation , done a
t Mont real on 1 M
arch 1991 ;
‘ p
rivil eg ed c om munication ’
mea
ns a confid ential com munic ation, w heth er ma de di rec tly o r indi
rectly th rou gh a n ag ent —
(
a ) betw
een— (
i) a
l aw yer in his o r her prof ession al capacit y an d anothe r l aw yer in th e same c
ap ac ity ; o r (
ii) a
l aw yer in his o r her prof ession al capacit y an d his o r her c lient; a nd (
b ) to obt
ain or giv e l eg al advi ce or assistan ce ; and (
c ) not fo
r th e purpo se of comm itting or a ssis ti ng th e com mission of an ille gal or wr
ong ful a ct ;
‘ p
rop ert y ’
inc lude s —
(
a ) as
set s of e very kind, wh eth er co rpor eal o r inco rpore al, movea ble o r immovable, t
a n gibl e o r int angibl e; a nd (
b ) l
eg al do cume nts o r ins truments i n any fo rm includin g e lect ron ic o r digit al, evid
en cin g t
it le to, or in tere st i n, s uch a ssets , i ncludi ng but not limited to bank cr
edit s, t ravel le rs c heques , bank c heques , mone y o rde rs, sha res, se curiti es , bonds
, draft s a nd l etter s of c re d it ;
‘ publi
c offici al ’
in
clud es a p erson who is a member of the pub lic s erv ice ;
‘ r
e ce ivin g c ount ry ’
means —
(
a ) fo
r pe ople smu ggl ing — t
he c ountr y into whi ch the unau thorised p ers on’s e ntry is
a rra n g ed ; o r (
b ) fo
r pe ople t raf fickin g — t
he c ountr y into whi ch a traffi ck ed p erson is br ought as pa
rt of an a ct of tr affickin g i n p ers ons ;
‘ r
e g ist ra ble p rop ert y ’
means p
ropert y th e titl e to w hich i s p ass ed b y r eg ist ra tion on a reg ist er k
ept und er a law of Ki riba ti ;
‘ ship ’
means a
vessel th at is not p ermanentl y att ach ed to th e sea bed —
(
a ) in
cludin g a hov ercraft, h yd ro fo il, s ubma rine or oth er fl oatin g cr aft ; bu t (
b ) not in
cludin g a w ars hi p, a s hip owned o r ope rat ed b y a s tat e a nd b eing u sed as a nav
al a uxiliar y o r f or cu stoms or poli ce pu rposes or a ship t hat h as be en w
ithd rawn f rom naviga tion ;
‘ spe
cified e ntity ’
means a
per son o r gro up —
(
a ) to whi
ch s ect ion 4 appli
es; or (
b ) fo
r w hich a d ecl aration und er s ection 5 h
as be en ma de ;

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‘ spe
cified m eans ’
means a
ny of th e foll ow in g —
(
a ) th
reat ;
(
b ) use
of for ce or oth er forms of coercion; (
c ) abdu
ction; (
d ) f
ra ud; (
e ) de
cep tion; (
f) abus
e of powe r or of a pos ition of vuln erab ilit y; (
g ) gi
ving or r eceivin g pay me nts o r ben efi ts to a chi eve th e cons ent of a p ers on havin
g c ont rol ov er a noth er pe rson ;
‘ t
e rro rist a ct ’
h
as the meanin g g iv en b y se ction 3 ;
‘ t
e rro rist g roup ’
mea
ns —
(
a ) an e
ntit y th at h as a s one of i ts a ctivit ies or purpo ses c om mitting, or f ac ili ta tin g th
e c om mis s ion of, a ter rori st a ct (
b ) a g
ro up th at is a s pecified e ntity ;
‘ t
e rro rist p roperty ’
mea
ns p
rope rty , ot
her than fa mily l and —
(
a ) th
at ha s be en, is b eing , or is l ikely to b e used to c ommit a terror ist ac t; or (
b ) th
at ha s be en, is b eing , or is l ikely to b e used b y a ter ro rist g ro up ; or (
c ) ow
ned or c ontro lled, o r deriv ed o r g ene rated fr om prop erty ow ned or controll ed, b
y o r on beh alf o f a spe cifi ed e ntity ;
‘ t
ra ffi ck ed p erson ’
mea
ns a p er son w ho is th e vi cti m of t raff ick ing in p ersons ;
‘ t
ra ffi ckin g in p ersons ’
mea
ns th e recru itme nt, t ran sport ation, tr ans fer, ha rbou rin g o r r ec eipt of a
per son for the pu rpos e of exploi tation ;
‘ un
autho ris ed p erson ’
fo
r a count ry , means a pers on who i s not a citizen of th e count ry o r is not in posse
ss ion of al l the doc uments requi red b y th e law of th e country fo r th e person ’s l
awful e ntry into th e count ry ;
‘ unmark
ed plastic e xpl osive’ me
ans a pl astic explosive that —
(
a ) does
not c onta in a d etecti on ag en t ; o
r (
b ) at t
he ti me of manufa ctur e, do es not con ta in th e mini mum con cent ra tion l evel of a d
etec tion ag ent mentioned in th e t abl e to Pa rt 2 of th e Techni cal Annex to the Plas
tic E xpl osives Conventi on ;
‘ w
ea pon ’
in c
lud es a fir earm, chemical, bio lo gic al or nu clear w eapon .
(
2 ) F
or this A ct, an airc raft is t aken to be in s ervice — (
a ) du
rin g th e whole of the pe riod th at begi ns with the pr e – fli
gh t pr eparation o f th e a ircraft fo
r a fli ght a nd ends 24 hou
rs af ter th e a irc ra ft l ands ha ving c ompleted tha t fl ight ; a nd (
b ) at
an y time (outside th at p eriod ) whil e, in a ccord an ce wi th pa ragr ap h (
a ), th e a ircr aft is in fl
ig ht. (
3 ) F
or this A ct, unle ss the c on te xt ot herwise requi res, a refer en ce t o a count ry o r th e territo rial limit
s of a count ry is ta ken to inc lud e a re fe re nce to the te rritorial w ate rs, if any , of th e count
ry .

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3. Me
anin g of ‘te rr ori st a ct’ (
1 ) A t
er ro rist a ct i
s a n a ct o r omis sion in o r outs ide K iribati that— (
a ) cons
titut es a n off ence with in th e scop e of a count er t err o ris m co nve ntion ; o
r (
b ) is m
enti oned i
n s ubs ection (
2) .
( 2
) F
or p
ar ag ra p h (
1 )(b ), th e a ct o r omission— (
a ) must
— (
i) involv
e death or s erious bodi ly injur y to a p er son; o r (
ii ) involv
e seriou s dam ag e t o pr operty ; o r (
iii ) end
an ge r a pe rson ’s lif e; o r (
iv) cr
eate a serious risk to t he hea lth o r safety of the publi c or a section of the publi
c; or (
v ) involv
e the u se of we apons ; or (
v i) involv
e introdu cin g into t he envi ronment, distributing or expos in g th e publi c to an
y— (
A) d
ang ero us, ha zardous, r adioactiv e o r ha rmful subst ance; o r (
B) toxic
chem ic al; or (C) microbi
al or oth er biolo gical a gen t o r toxin; or (
v ii) involv
e seriou s disr uption to any s yst em or th e provision of ser vice s di rectl y r
el ated to ess ent ia l infr ast ru ctu re; and (
b ) must
be intend ed o r, b y its n ature an d cont ext, reason ably b e r eg ard ed a s b ein g int
end ed —
(
i) to int
imidate th e publi c or a section of the publi c; o r (
ii ) to compel
a g ove rnme nt or an int ern ation al o rg an isa tion t o do, or refr a in f rom doin
g, any ac t; a nd (
c ) must
be mad e for the pu rpos e of ad van cing a politic al, ideolo gica l or r elig ious cau se (
3 ) Howe
ver , an a
ct o r omission mentioned in s ubsection (
2 ) do es not i nclud e a n ac t or omis
sion tha t —
(
a ) is comm
itted as p art o f a n advo cacy , p rot est, d em onstr ation, dis sent o r indus trial ac
tion a nd is not int ended to r esult in an y h arm mentioned in subs ection (
2 )( i), ( ii), (
iii ) o r (iv ); o r (
b ) o
cc urs in a situation of ar med confli ct and is, at the t ime and in the pl ace it oc
cu rr ed ,
in a
ccord anc e wi th r ules of int ern ationa l law applic able t o the c onfl ict. P AR
T
II — S P
ECIFI ED E NTITIE
S 4. L
isted e ntit ies (
1 ) Thi
s se
ction a
ppli es to a n entit y th at is a person o r gro up— (
a ) fo
r w hich the Secu rity C ounc il of the U nit ed N ations ha s made a d ec ision und er C
ha pte r 7 of th
e Charter of th e Unit ed Nations re latin g wholl y or par tly to t err oris m; and

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(
b ) id
enti fied in th
e decision, o r using a me chanism establi sh ed und er th e de cision, a s an ent
ity to w hich the d ecis ion r elates. (
2 ) R eg
ula tions m ade und er se ction 59 ma
y pr escr ibe th at an entit y mentioned in subs ection (
1 ) is not to b
e a spec ified entity for the pu rpos es of this Ac t. 5. De
clar ations that certa in en titi es are s pecified entities (
1 ) Th
e Atto
rney-Ge nera l ma y a ppl y to t he Cour t for a d ec la ra tion und er subse ction (
3 ) if th e Atto
rney-Ge nera l ha s reas ona ble g rounds to be lieve that —
(
a ) an e
ntit y h as knowing ly c omm itted, attem pted to c ommit, pa rtic ipat ed in c ommitting o
r fa cilit ated th e c omm ission of a ter ro rist a ct, or (
b ) an e
ntit y i s knowin gly ac ting on b ehalf of, at the direc tion of or in a ssociati on w ith an ent
ity me ntioned in p arag ra ph (
a) ; o r (
c ) an e
ntit y (
othe r th an a n indivi dual) is whol ly ow ned o r e ffe ctivel y c ontrol led d irectl y o
r indir ectl y b y an e ntit y mention ed in para grap h (
a ) o r (
b ). (
2 ) Th
e C ourt —
(
a ) ma
y m ake o rders f or servi ce of th e appl ic ation; and (
b ) ma
y d eal wi th th e app lica tion e
x parte .
(
3 ) I
f t he Cour t i s s atis fie d t hat t here is evi dence t o support the a ppli cation, the Cour t m ay —
(
a ) d
ec la re th e e ntit y t o be a speci fied en tity; a nd (
b ) r
e qui re th e A ttor ney -G en er al t o gi ve no tice of th e declar ation to a ny p erson who m ay b
e a ffecte d b y th e de clara tion. (
4 ) Th
e d
ec la ration must
be publish ed in the Gaz
ette .
6. Re
voc ation of dec lar ations (
1 ) I
f t
he Court h
as made a dec larat ion und er se ction 5 in re
lation to a n entit y, th e C ourt ma y, on appl
ica tion by th e Atto rn ey -G en era l o r th e spe cifi ed e ntity, re vok e t he dec la ra tion. (
2 ) I
f t he a
ppli cati on is m
ade b y th e sp ecified enti ty — (
a ) th
e spe cifi ed e ntity m ust gi ve r eas on abl e w ritten noti ce of the appli ca tion to th e Atto
rney-Ge nera l; a nd (
b ) b
efor e d ecidin g on th e a ppli cation, the Cour t m ust h ea r f rom the Atto rney -Ge neral. (
3 ) Th
e C ourt mus t— (
a ) if t
he Cour t de cide s th at th ere a re re ason abl e g ro unds to do so, rev oke the declar ation; o
r (
b ) if t
he Cour t de cide s th at th ere a re no re ason abl e g ro unds to r evoke the d eclara tion, r
e fuse the appl ica tion. (
4 ) I
f t he Cour t r ev ok es the dec la ra ti on, t he A ttor ney-G ene ra l must —
(
a ) if p
racti ca ble , tell th e entit y in w rit in g; an d (
b ) publish a not
ice of r evo cati on in the G
az ette .

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7. P
roc edur e (
1 ) F
or a he arin g unde r this Par t, the Cour t —
(
a ) ma
y h ear an y e vid enc e o r inf orm ati on pres ent ed b y t he A ttor ney-G ene ra l in the abs
enc e of th e entity o r c ouns el repre sentin g the entity, or the publ ic , if th e Court thinks th
at disclosure of th e informa tion w ould pr ejudi ce nation al secur ity o r e ndan ger th
e sa fe ty of an y pe rs on; and (
b ) ma
y r ec eive in e vide nce anyth in g t hat w ould not oth erwise be a dmissible as evidence (
inc ludin g info rm ati on f rom the g ove rnment or institution or a genc y of a foreign count
ry or an i nternati onal o rga nis at ion) , that th e Court thinks i s re lia bl e a nd re lev an t. (
2 ) F
or a he arin g unde r s ec tion 5 o
r 6 , th
e C ourt mus t g iv e th e entit y a sta tem ent sum maris ing th
e info rma tion avail abl e t o th e C our t, w ithout d is c losin g a ny i nfo rm ati on th at the Court thinks coul
d prejudic e n ation al secur ity o r e ndan ger th e s afety of an y p erson. 8. Re
view of
decla ration s (
1 ) Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral must revie w all de cla ra tions made under se cti on 5 (
3) eve ry s ix months
to deter mine w hethe r th ere ar e still rea son abl e g ro unds, as s et out in s ection 5 (
1) , for th
e de clar ations to co ntinu e to appl y to sp ecifi ed e ntitie s. (
2 ) I
f t he A ttor ney-G ene ra l d eter mines that t here a re no r eason abl e g ro unds for a d ec la ra tion to cont
inue t o ap ply to a spe cifi ed e ntity, th e Atto rney -Ge neral must apply t o th e C our t th at th e d
ec la ration b e revok ed in re lation to the spe cif ie d e ntit y. 9. Appeal
Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral o r an enti ty in r ela tion to whi ch a dec la ra tion is made m ay a pp eal to the Cour t of App
eal a gains t a de cision made b y th e C ourt und er this Pa rt. P A
RT II
I— O FFE
NCES
R ELATE
D TO T ER
RO RIS M 10. T
er r o ris m fi nan cing An
y p erson who pr ovides or c oll ects, by a ny m eans, di rectly o r ind irec tly , an y p rop erty , int endin g, knowin
g or ha vin g re ason abl e g ro unds to b elieve that th e prop ert y will be use d in f ull o r in part t o ca
rry out a te rrorist a ct com mits an of fe n ce an d is li able upon convi ction to imprison ment for lif e. 11. P
rovi sion of
prope rty or servi ce s t o s pec ified enti ty (
1 ) An
y p
erson who, di
rectl y o r indi rectly , knowing ly ma kes a vailabl e prop ert y o r f in an cial o r oth
er re lat ed s ervic es to, o r for the ben efit of, a specifi ed ent ity, oth er th an fo r the pu rpos es of humanita
ria n ai d or leg al s ervi ces c om mits a n offe nce and is li able upon c onvi ction to impri
son ment for 15 y
ea rs . (
2 ) Subsec
tion (
1) do es not a ppl y i f th e provision of t he propert y o r s ervic e is of a kind that is aut
hor is ed b y a res olution of the United N ations Se cu rity Council. 12. De
alin g wit
h t
err oris t proper ty (
1 ) An
y p
erson who know
ing ly —
(
a ) d
ea ls, d irec tly or indir ectl y, in a ny t err or ist p roperty ; o r

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(
b ) col
lec ts o r acquir es o r poss esses t erro ris t pr operty ; o r (
c ) ent
ers into, or f ac ilit ate s, di re c tly or indir ectl y, an y t ra ns action in re sp ect of ter ro ris t p
rop erty ; o r (
d ) conv
ert s, c onc ea ls or di sg uises ter ro ri st p rop ert y ,
com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e. (
2 ) A pe
rson doe s not com mit an of fe n ce unde r s ubse ction (
1 )( a) , ( b) o r (
c ) if t he p erson— (
a) t
ells th e Att
orne y –
G en eral, i n writin g, a s s oon as th e pe rson b ecomes aw are t hat t he p
rop erty is t erro rist p roperty ; a nd (
b ) ac
ts in a cco rd anc e with a ny di rec tions of th e Attorn ey -G en era l c onc ernin g th e p
rop erty . 13. Ha
rbourin g of
pe rson s c om mitt ing t err orist a cts An
y p
erson who ha
rbours or c on ce als, or preve nts, hind ers or interf eres wit h the app rehe nsion of, an
y oth er p erson, know ing or h avin g re ason to b elieve that th e oth er pe rson —
(
a ) h
as c om mitted or i s pla nnin g o r lik ely to c ommit a terro rist ac t; o r (
b ) is a
membe r of a specifi ed ent ity ,
com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e. 14. P
rovi sion of weapon s to terr orist g roup s An
y p
erson who know
ing ly off ers to p rovi de, or p rovid es, a we apon to —
(
a ) a s
pecif ied e nti ty ; or (
b ) a member of
a spe cifi ed e ntity; or (
c ) an
y oth er p erson fo r use by, o r f or th e b en efit of, a spe cifi ed e ntity o r a me mber of a s
p eci fied en tity ,
com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e. 15. Re
cr u it m en t of persons to be m em be rs of terro rist grou ps or f or t erro ris t ac ts An
y p
erson who know
ing ly a gree s t o r ecruit , or recr uits, anoth er p erson —
(
a ) to b
e a membe r of a te rro ris t g ro up th at is a s pecif ied e nti ty ; or (
b ) to p
articip ate i n th e c omm ission of a ter ro rist a ct ,
com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e. P A
RT
I V—M A
NAG EM EN T A
ND F OR
FEITU RE OF
T E
R RO RIST
P RO
PE R TY D IVISIO
N 1—
M A
NAGEM EN T 16. Di
rection to t ak e con trol of prop erty (
1 ) Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral ma y a ppl y to th e Court for a di rection und er subs ec tion (
3 ) con
cernin g pr operty in Ki riba ti if th e Att orney -G ene ral h as re asona ble g ro unds to beli ev e th
at th e property is terror ist p roperty .

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(
2 ) Th
e C
our t— (
a ) ma
y m ake o rders f or servi ce of th e appl ic ation; and (
b ) ma
y d eal wi th th e app lica tion e
x parte .
(
3 ) I
f t he Cour t i s s atis fie d t hat t here is evi dence t o support the a ppli cation, the Cour t m ay di rect th
e A dmini str ato r to t ake c ustod y and c ontro l of th e property . (
4 ) Th
e di rection— (
a ) must
specif y th e pr operty co nce rne d; and (
b ) ma
y b e subj ect to conditions. (
5 ) A pe
rson w ho has c ustod y o r c ontrol of property me ntioned in the directi on m ust a llow the Adm
inis trato r to tak e cu stod y a nd co ntrol of th e prop erty in a cco rda nce with th e direction. 17. Not
ice of dire cti on (
1 ) Noti
ce of the makin g of a directi on unde r secti on 16 m
ust be g iven— (
a ) as
soon as possible to the person w ho ow ns or cont rols th e p rope rty, i f p racti cabl e, if th
e pe rson o r a repr esent ativ e of the p erson is in Ki riba ti; a nd (
b ) to a
ny ot her p ers on th at the Atto rn ey -Ge ner al thinks m ay ha ve a n int ere st in the p
rop erty . (
2 ) F
ai lu re to com ply with subs ection (
1 ) do es not a ffe ct the validity of th e direction. 18. Varia
tion , revo ca ti on o r e xp iry of direction (
1 ) I
f t he Court h
as made a direc tion und er s ection 16 , t he C
ourt ma y, on a pplication b y t he Atto
rney-Ge nera l o
r the per son who owns or co ntrols the prop ert y —
(
a ) ma
ke anoth er di re c tion und er se ction 16 v
ar yin g t he c ondi tions o f th e di re c tion o r the p
rop erty th at is subje ct to the dire c tion; o r (
b ) r
e voke the di rection. (
2 ) I
f t he a
ppli cati on is m
ade b y th e pe rson who owns o r c on trol s th e prop erty —
(
a ) th
e pe rson must giv e r eason abl e wr itten no tice of th e appl ic ation to the Atto rney- Ge
neral; a nd (
b ) b
efor e d ecidin g on th e a ppli cation, the Cour t m ust h ea r f rom the Atto rney -Ge neral. (
3 ) Th
e C
our t must —
(
a ) if t
he Cour t de cide s th at th ere a re re ason abl e g ro unds to do so, rev oke the directi on; o r (
b ) if t
he Cour t de cide s th at th ere a re no re ason abl e g ro unds to r evoke the dir ection, re fus e th
e ap plication. (
4 ) I
f t he Cour t r ev ok es the dir ection, th e Attorn ey -Gen era l m ust— (
a ) t
ell the per son who owns or co ntrols the prop ert y in writin g; and (
b ) t
ell a ny ot her p ers on to w hom the Atto rney -Ge neral g ave noti ce und er se
ction 17 (
1 ) (
b ).

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(
5 ) I
f not earlier re voke d, a direction und er se ction 16 a
bout p ropert y of a specif ie d en tity expir
es if— (
a ) fo
r prop ert y of a spe cifi ed e ntity — th
e entity ce ase s to be a sp ecifi ed ent ity ; o r (
b ) a f
orfe itu re o rder is m ade und er se ction 24 in re
lation to th e prop ert y. 19. Appeal
Th
e Atto
rney –
Gen era l o r a pe rson whose prop ert y is s ubject to a dir ect ion ma y a ppe al t o th e C our t of App
eal a gains t a de cision made b y th e C ourt und er this Pa rt. 20. F
ur th er provisions on manag em en t of prop erty of spe cified entities Th
e fo llowin g s ections of th e Pro
ceeds of Crim e A ct 2003 appl
y, with t he followin g (and a ll other n
ec essa ry ) m odi ficat ions, to p roperty th at i s th e s ubj ec t of a di rec tion und er s ec tion 16 , a
s i f th e di
rection w ere a re stra inin g o rd er und er section 58 of th
at Act —
(
a ) se
ction 58 (
which p rovid es for the co ntents o f a n or der an d dir ections to th e Adm
inis trato r abou t p res ervin g p rop erty ); (
b ) se
ction 59 (
which p rovid es for und ertakin gs b y th e Attor ney -G en eral); (
c ) se
ction 63 ( which p rovid es for re gistr a tion of or der s); (
d ) se
ction 64 ( which makes it a n offence to dispos e of or de al w ith th e prop erty in cont
ra v ention of a n o rd er, knowin g th at th e order has bee n made in re lati on to th e p
rop erty ); (
e ) se
ction 123 ( which p rovid es for an i ndemnit y fo r th e Adm inis trato r, exce pt th at the ind
emnity mus t r elat e onl y t o the ex ercise or p erfo rm anc e, or purpo rted exer cis e o r p
er fo rma nce , or omiss ion to exe rcise or p erfo rm , func tions, duties, a nd powe rs of th e Adm
inis trato r unde r this Ac t). 21. T
hird part ies m ay ap ply for re lief (
1 ) A pe
rson, oth er th an th e pe
rson who owns or c ont rol s th e prop ert y , who cl
aims an int ere st in p
rop erty th at is subje ct to a directi on unde r section 16 m
ay a pp ly to th e Court fo r a n o rd er und
er se ction 22 .
(
2 ) Th
e p erson must giv e w ritten not ic e of the a pplic ation to th e Attorn ey -G en era l, who is a p
ar ty to an y p ro ceedin gs on th e a ppli cation. 22. Court
may gr ant re lief to third par ty (
1 ) Subsec
tion (
2) appl ie s if —
(
a ) a p
erson makes an a pplic ation unde r s ection 21 ; a
nd (
b ) th
e C ourt is sa tis fied th at the person ’s c laim to th e interest is va lid. ( 2
) Th
e C ourt mus t make an o rde r —
(
a ) d
ec la rin g th e natu re , extent, a nd value of the person’ s i nt erest in t he p rop ert y; a nd (
b ) d
ec la rin g th at the interest is no lon ger subje ct to th e order und er se ction 16 ; a
nd (
c ) if t
he int erest is held b y the Adm inis tr a to r —
(
i) di
recting the A dm inistrator t o transfe r th e int erest to th e person; or

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(
ii ) de
clar ing th at the re is pay ab le b y th e Administr ator to th e person a n am ount equ
al to the v alu e of the i nt erest d eclare d b y th e Court . (
3 ) Howe
ver , th e Court ma y, i f it thinks fit, r efuse to ma ke an ord er if it i s sa tisfi ed th at —
(
a ) th
e pe rson wa s knowin gly invo lve d in an y w ay i n th e c arry in g out of th e terro ri st a cts th
at ar e th e b asis o f th e de sign ation o f th e e ntit y a s a specifi ed ent ity, o r is an e ntit y th
at is w holly ow ned o r effec tiv ely c ont rol le d, di re ctl y or i ndirectly , b y th e sp ecifie d ent
ity; o r (
b ) if t
he p erson a cq ui red th e i nte res t a t the time of o r a fter the desi gnation of the entity as a s
pecif ied e nti ty , t he appli ca nt did not a cquir e th e inte rest in th e property in g ood f
aith a nd for valu e, w ithout knowin g or ha vin g re ason to b elieve t hat t he prop erty w as, at
th e t ime of th e acquisition, p rop erty subj ect t o a dir ection und er se ction 16 .
D IVISIO
N 2—F OR
FEIT UR E 23. Appli
cation for forfei
ture ord er (
1 ) Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral ma y a ppl y to th e Court for a fo rfeitu re or der ag ain st terror ist p roperty . (
2 ) Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral must —
(
a ) n
ame a s r es ponden ts to the appl ic a tion onl y those pers ons who a re know n to ow n or cont
ro l th e p rop erty the subj ect of th e applica tion; a nd (
b ) g
ive noti ce of th e applica tion to e ach r espond ent in th e manne r directed b y t he Court. (
3 ) Th
e C ourt ma y, at a ny time befo re th e f in al det erm ina tion of th e application, make or der s fo
r —
(
a ) se
rvi ce of th e application on a ny pe rson w hom the C ourt thinks h as an int erest in th e p
rop erty ; a nd (
b ) publi
ca tion o f noti ce of th e application. (
4 ) An
y p erson who cl aims an int erest in the prop ert y ma y app ear and p re se nt evid enc e a t th e h
ea rin g of t he a ppl ic at ion. 24. Mak
ing f
orf eitur e o rd er (
1 ) I
f t he Cour t i s s atis fie d, on t he balanc e of p robabili tie s, tha t th e p rop erty the subj ect of th e appl
ica tion is t err o ris t pr ope rty , th e Court must order tha t the p rope rty b e fo rfeit ed to the R
epubl ic . (
2 ) I
f t he Cour t i s s atis fie d t hat a per son mention ed in sect ion 23 (
2 )( a) o r s ection 23
(3) (a ) —
(
a ) h
as a n in te res t in t he prop ert y t he subj ect of the appli ca tion ; a nd (
b ) h
as exer cis ed r eas on abl e c ar e to ensur e t hat t he prop ert y is not t err o ris t pr operty ; and (
c ) is not a member of
a spe cifi ed e ntity, th
e C ourt mus t o rd er tha t the int erest is not a ffec te d b y th e o rder and d eclar e th e n atu re an d extent of th
e inte re st. (
3 ) I
f t he Cour t ma kes a forf eitur e o rde r, t he Court may g iv e a ny di rections that a re nec ess ary o r conv
eni ent to g iv e eff ect to th e orde r.

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(
4 ) I
f t he Cour t r efu ses to mak e a forfei tu re o rder, the Cour t must make a n o rder th at d escrib es th
e pr operty an d de cla re s th at i t is no t t erro rist p rope rty . 25. E
ffec t of forf
eit ure o
rde r (
1 ) I
f t he Cour t ma kes a forf eitur e o rde r a gai nst prop ert y (ot her tha n r eg is tr a bl e prop ert y), t he o
rd er ve sts th e property a bsolut ely in th e Republi c. (
2 ) I
f t he Cour t ma kes a forf eitur e o rde r a gai nst r eg is tr ab le p rop ert y —
(
a ) th
e or der ve sts th e p rope rty i n th e R epubl ic in e quity, but do es not vest i t in the R
epubl ic a t l aw until th e appli cable r eg is tr at ion r equire ments ha ve bee n c om plied with; a
nd (
b ) th
e R epub lic is ent itled to b e regis ter ed a s ow ner of the prop ert y; a nd (
c ) th
e A tto rne y-Ge ner al ma y do, o r a uthori se th e doin g of, anythi ng n ec essar y or conv
eni ent to obt ain the regist rati on of th e Republi c as own er, in clud in g th e e xe cution of a
ny n ecessa ry inst rument; and (
d ) th
e A tto rne y-Ge ner al ma y do a nyth in g ne ces sary o r c onv enient to g ive noti ce of, o r oth
erwise prot ect, th e Republi c’s equi ta bl e int erest in th e prope rty ; a nd (
e ) an
yth ing don e by th e Att orne y-G en er al und er p arag ra p h (
d ) is not a dealing for the pu
rposes of subs ection (
3 )( a). (
3 ) I
f t he Cour t ma kes a forf eitur e o
rde r a
gains t p rop ert y ( includi ng reg is tr abl e prop ert y) —
(
a ) th
e pr operty m ust not, exc ept with the le ave of the Court and in a ccord an ce w ith a ny di
rections of the Cour t, be dispose d of, or oth erwise d ealt wit h, by o r fo r th e Republi c, b
efor e s ix m ont hs afte r t he fo rfeitu re or der wa s m ade; a nd (
b ) th
e pr operty m ay b e dispose d of, a nd the p roc ee d s a ppli ed or otherwise d ealt with as th
e A tto rne y-Ge ner al di rect s, a fter six months afte r th e fo rf e itur e o rd er w as made. 26. P
rot ecti on of third par ties (
1 ) A pe
rson who cl
aims an int ere st in pr operty th at ha s been fo rfeit ed a nd who has not been g
ive n noti ce und er se ction 23 (
2 )( a) o r s ecti on 23(
3)( a) ma y appl y to t he Court, wi thin six months
after th e f or feitu re o rde r wa s ma de, for an ord er und er subs ection (
4 ). (
2 ) Th
e p erson must giv e r easona ble w ritte n noti ce of th e applica tion to th e Att orney -G ene ral. (
3 ) Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral —
(
a ) is a
party to th e proc eedin gs i n an appli ca tion und er subs ection (
1); a nd (
b ) ma
y m ake an a ppli cation und er subs ecti on (
1 ) for a per son.. (
4 ) I
f a p erson a ppli es to th e Court fo r an o rder about the p erson ’s int erest in prope rty, t he Court must
make a n order dec la rin g th e na tu re , extent a nd value (as at t he time the ord er is m ade) of th
e person’ s intere st i f th e Court is s atisfied in a ccord an ce w ith s ection 24 (
2) . (
5 ) An ap
peal li es to the Court of App eal fr om an o rd er und er sub section (
4 ).

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27. Re
turn of prop erty (
1 ) Th
e Atto
rney –
Gen era l mus t, on appl ication b y a p er son w ho has obt ained an o rde r und er se
ction 26 (
4 ), if th e period fo r appe als ha s expir ed and any a pp eal f rom that or der h as be en d
ete rmined or ha s laps ed —
(
a ) r
e tu rn th e prop erty , o r th e part o f it to w hich th e int ere st of the applic ant re la te s, to t he appl
ica nt; or (
b ) if t
he int erest in th e property is no l onger v est ed in t he Re publ ic , p ay an a mount equ al to th
e value of the inte rest of th e app lica nt, a s d eclar ed in the ord er, to the appli ca nt . ( 2
) Subsec
tion (
1) do es not a ppl y t o a ny p rope rty r etu rned, o r amount paid, to t he person unde r se
ction 22 .
28. Appeal
Th
e Atto
rney –
Gen era l o r a pe rson a ffect ed b y a d ecision m ade b y th e Court und er th is Par t may app
eal to th e Court of App eal agains t the d eci sion. D IVISIO
N 3—I NF
OR MATIO N 29. Disc
los ure of i nform ation (
1 ) A fin
ancial institution must immediatel y t el l th e F inanci al I nte lli gen ce U nit ab out the exis
te n ce of an y p rop erty in its po ssession or contro l —
(
a ) th
at is ow ned o r cont rolle d, dir ectl y o r indir ectly, b y o r for a sp ecifi ed e ntity, in cludi ng p
rop erty d er ived o r ge nerat ed f rom that pr operty ; o r (
b ) fo
r whi
ch th
ere a re re ason abl e g ro unds to susp ect is prop ert y of a k ind m entioned in p
ar ag ra p h (a ). ( 2
) Th
e F inancial I nte llig en ce U nit m ay t ell the fin ancial in te lli genc e aut hority o r oth er app
ropr iat e a uthori ty of a f oreig n c ount ry a bout an y infor mation it has ab out any p rop erty o f th
e kind me ntioned in s ubsecti on (
1 ), if the U nit thinks the inf orma tion would b e relev ant to th
e fo reign c ountr y . (
3 ) I
n fo rm ation ma y b e g iv en und er s ubsec tion (
2 ) s ubj ec t to a ny c ondi tions tha t th e F inanc ial I
n te llig en ce Uni t de te rmines. (
4 ) A fin
ancial institution must tell th e Finan cial I nte llig en ce U nit abou t every de ali ng th at o
cc urs in th e course of its a ctiviti es and for w hich th ere ar e r eas ona ble g rounds to susp ect is r
e la te d to the com mission of a te rro ris t a ct. (
5 ) No civi
l or criminal proceedin gs li e ag ain st a p er son f or making a disclosur e o r re port, i n g
ood f aith, unde r this secti on. (
6 ) Nothin
g in s ubsection (
1 ) or (
4 ) r equi res a law yer to dis close a privil eg ed com munica tion. (
7 ) A pe
rson w ho re ceiv es info rmation under this s ection mus t not dis close the information or its s
ourc e exc ept— (
a ) fo
r th e pu rpose s of— (
i) th
e e nfo rc eme nt of this Act; or (
ii ) th
e d etect ion, inv estigation o r prose cut ion of a n offence und er this A ct; or

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(
iii ) pr
ov idin g as sistan ce und er th e M
utual Ass is tanc e in C rim inal M atte rs A ct 2003;
or
(
b ) in a
cc ord anc e with a
n order of a c ourt. (
8 ) An
y f in an cial institution whi ch c ontr a v ene s subs ecti on (
1 ) or (
4 ) comm its an off ence a nd is li
abl e upon co nviction to a fine not exc eedin g $100,000. 30. E
xc han ge of infor mation re lating to terr oris t gr oups an d t er ror is t ac ts Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral ma y d isclose to the app rop riate aut hority of a foreig n co untry a ny info rma tion in it
s poss ession r elatin g to a ny of the f ollowin g —
(
a ) th
e ac tions o r move ments of ter ro ris t g ro ups or pe rsons sus pected of invol vement in th
e com mis sion of terr or ist ac ts; (
b ) th
e use of for ged or falsifi ed travel p ap er s b y pe rs ons susp ect ed of involv ement in th e com
mission of ter ro ris t a ct s; (
c ) t
ra ffi c in explosives or oth er lethal d evi ce s b y te rro ris t g ro ups or per sons s uspe cted of involv
ement in th e commission of terro ris t a ct s; (
d ) th
e use of c om muni cati on tec hnolo gies by t err o ris t gr oup s, if t
he d is c losur e is not p rohibite d b y a ny l aw of Kirib ati and wil l not, in th e Attorn ey -Gen era l’s vi
ew , prejudi ce n ation al se curit y o r publi c safety. P A
RT V—P O
W ER TO R E
M OVE A
ND P RE
VE NT E NTR
Y OF P E
R SO NS 31. P
ower to p revent en try an d o rd er the r emo val of p ersons (
1 ) An autho
rise d offi cer mus t not g rant an e ndo rs e ment or oth er aut ho rit y p ermittin g a p
er son to e
nter K ir ib ati if he o r s he has r easona ble g ro unds to sus pect that that pe rs on ha s been, i s, o
r wi ll b e, involv ed in the com mission of a t error ist ac t. (
2 ) I
f t he M inister responsibl e for im migr ation h as reas on abl e g ro unds to suspe ct tha t a pers on, o th
er tha n a citi zen, in Ki ribati has be en, is o r will b e, involv ed in the com mission of a t
er ro rist a ct, he or s he ma y make a n ord er r equi ring th e p erson t o leave Kir ibati a nd to r
ema in out of Ki rib ati. (
3 ) A pe
rson a gainst whom an orde r und er subse ction (
2 ) is m ade must l ea ve K ir ib ati a nd m ust, s
o l ong as t he ord er is in for ce, r ema in out of Ki rib ati. (
4 ) A pe
rson a
ga ins t whom an order unde r subse ction ( 2) is m ade may be —
(
a ) d
etain ed in such mann er a s m ay b e di re cted b y th e M inist er re spon sible for im
migr ati on f or no more th an seven d ay s, o r an y lon ger pe riod th at is rea son abl y n
ec essa ry t o ar ra n ge f or th e pe rson ’s removal f rom Kiribati; and (
b ) pl
ac ed on a c
ra ft l eavin g Ki rib ati.

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P A
RT VI—C OU
NTE R T ER
RO RIS M C ONV
ENTION S D IVI
SION 1
— I NT
ER N ATIO NAL LY
P R
O TECT ED P E
R SO NS 32. Of
fence s again st i nt er n ationall y p ro te cte d pers ons An
y p erson who int entionally —
(
a ) com
mits mur der, kidn apping or othe r at tac k on th e person o r l ib erty of an int
erna tion ally p ro te c te d p erson; o r (
b ) com
mits a vi olent atta ck on the official p rem is es , p riv ate a ccom moda tion or mea ns of t
ra ns po rt of a n internation ally pr otect ed p erson, l ikely t o en dan ger th at p erson or that p
er son’ s libert y; o r (
c ) th
reate ns to c ommit s uch an attac k; or (
d ) at
te mpts to comm it su ch a n attac k, com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e. D IVISIO
N 2—H O
ST AGES 33. Of
fence of hostag e tak ing An
y p erson who —
(
a ) se
iz es or det ains anot her p
erson; and (
b ) th
reate ns to kill, inju re o r continu e to detain t he oth er p erson, with inte
nt to com pel the gov ernm ent of a c ount ry , an i nternati onal o rga nis at ion or a person o r g
ro up of pe rsons to a ct or re fr ai n f rom actin g a s an explicit or implicit condition fo r the saf ety o r r
e lea se of the oth er p erson comm its an off ence a nd is li able upon c onviction to impri sonme nt fo r 15 y
ea rs . D IVISIO
N 3—N UCLE
AR M AT
ERI AL 34. Mov
em en t of nuclea r m ateria l (
1 ) An
y p erson who know ing ly import s or expor ts nu cle ar mater ial to o r from Kiribati without wr
it ten pe rmission from the Mi nister res ponsibl e for transpor t com mits an off ence and i s li
abl e upon co nviction to imprisonment for 15 y
ears . (
2 ) An
y p erson who know ing ly , w ithout wr it ten pe rmission from the Minist er r es pons ibl e f or t
ra ns po rt, t rans ports nu clea r m ate rial —
(
a ) ov
er th e t err ito ry of Kir ibati; o r (
b ) th
rou gh an y of its sea port s or a irpo rts , com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for 15 y
ea rs . (
3 ) An
y p erson who know ing ly tr anspo rts nu cle ar mate rial b etwe en t wo pla ces in Kirib ati, th
rou gh int ern ation al wat ers o r air s pa ce, wit hout wr itt en p ermis sion from the Ministe r r
e spons ibl e fo r trans port c ommits a n off ence and is lia bl e upon c onvic tion to imprison ment fo
r 15 y
ears.

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(
4 ) Th
e M
inis te r r esponsibl e f or tra nspo rt ma y on ly g iv e th e w ritten p ermis sion ref erre d to in this se
ction if he o r sh e h as r eceiv ed a writt en a ssu ra nce from the p ers on th at the mater ial will, du
ring int ern ation al nu clea r t ra n spo rt, be p rot ected a t t he le vels r efe rr ed to in th e C
onv ention for the Physical Pro tect ion of Nucl ear Mat erial , don
e at Vienna and N ew Y ork on 3 Ma
rch 1980. (
5 ) An
y p erson who know ing ly m ake s a false st atem ent or p rovid es a fals e ass uran ce to th e M
inis te r r esponsibl e f or tra nspo rt und er this se ction com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi
ction to i mpr ison ment for 15 y
ea rs . 35. Of
fence s r ela ting to n ucle ar ma te ria l An
y p erson who int entionally —
(
a ) without la
wful a utho rity r ec eive s, poss esses, uses , transfe rs , a lt e rs, d ispos es of o r dispe
rse s nu clea r mat eri al in a w ay th at c auses or i s likely to cau se dea th o r s er ious inju
ry to a p er son o r subs tantia l dama ge t o pr operty ; o r (
b ) s
te als nucl ear ma ter ia l; o r (
c ) em
bezzles or fra udu le ntl y obt ains nucle ar mate rial; or (
d ) d
ema nds nucle ar mater ial b y th reat o r use of for ce or an y oth er f orm of intimidation; o
r (
e ) th
reate ns— (
i) to use
nuclear m ateria l to caus e de ath or s erious inju ry to a ny p ers on o r s
ubs tant ia l dama ge t o an y prop erty ; o r (
ii ) to s
te al nu clea r ma te ria l to compel a p ers on, s tat e or a n inte rnation al or
ga nisa tion to do o
r refr ain fr om doin g an y a ct, com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e. D I
VISI ON 4
— M AR
IT IM E S AFE
TY 36. Of
fence s r ela ting to m aritime saf ety (
1 ) An
y p erson who unla wfully an d int ention ally —
(
a ) se
iz es , o r e xer cis es c ont rol ov er, a shi p or fixed platform by f or ce or t hre at of fo rce o r oth
er fo rm of int im ida tion; o r (
b ) com
mits an a ct of viole nce agai ns t a pe rson on bo ard a s hip or f ixed platfo rm that i s lik
ely to e ndang er the s afe n avi gat ion of th e ship or safet y of th e fixe d pla tfor m; o r (
c ) d
estro ys a s hip o r f ixed platfo rm ; or (
d ) ca
uses dama ge t o a shi p o r its c argo or a fixe d p latf or m th at is lik ely to e ndang er the sa
fe n avi gation of the shi p o r sa fety of the fixed platfo rm; or (
e ) pl
ac es, o r c auses to b e pl aced on a ship o r fixed platf orm a de vice or sub stanc e li kely to—
(
i) fo
r a ship — d
estro y th e s hip, o r ca use d amag e to th e ship or its ca rgo lik ely to end
an ge r th e saf e n avi gation o f the s hip; or (
ii ) fo
r a fixed platform — des
tro y th e fixed platfo rm or e ndan ger its sa fe ty ; o r

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(
f) d
estro ys o r se riousl y d ama ges m aritime navi gation al f ac ili ties or seri ous ly int erf eres with th
eir op eration in a way th at is lik ely to e ndang er th e s afe n av ig ation of a ship; or (
g ) com
municat es inform ati on that h e o r she kno ws to be false , end an ger ing the saf e n
avi gation of a ship; o r (
h ) inju
res or kills a pers on in c onnection with th e c om mission, or a ttempted commission, of a
n off ence und er this subs ection, com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e. (
2 ) An
y p erson who, w ith th e intention of c ompellin g anot her p ers on to do o r to refr ain f rom doin
g an y a ct, t hrea tens to comm it a n off ence me ntioned in s ubsecti on (
1 )(b ), (c), ( d) o r (
f) in re
lation to a ship or fixed platf orm , if th e threat is lik ely to end an ger t he safet y of the ship o
r f ixed platf orm, com mits an off ence and i s liabl e upon c onviction to i mpr is on ment for life . 37. Ar
res t and deliv ery (
1 ) Th
e ma ste r of a ship r egi ste red in Ki riba ti who ha s reasona ble gr ounds to be lieve t hat a p
er son h as com mitted an off ence und er s ection 36 a
gains t, o r on bo ard, a ny s hip ma y —
(
a ) ar
rest a nd d etain t he person; and (
b ) d
eliv er the p ers on to the appropr iat e a uthor ities i n any S tat e ( call ed in this sect ion a ‘Conv
ent ion St ate ’) p arty to th e Conv
ention for the Suppression of Unlaw ful Ac ts against th
e Safety of M aritime Navigation , don
e at Rome on 10 M
arc h 1988 .
(
2 ) Be
fore d eliv ering a per son a rre ste d a nd d etaine d unde r subsec tion (
1 ) to the app rop ria te aut
hor iti es in a Conv ention State, the mas ter s hall notif y t hos e aut horiti es of his or her int
ent ion to do so. (
3 ) W
here the mas ter d eliv ers a p erson a rres ted and d etain ed unde r subse ction (
1 ) t o th e app
ropr iat e a uthori ti e s in a Convention Stat e, he o r sh e sh all fur nish to those autho ritie s the evi
dence i n his or he r po ssession suppor ting the comm ission of a n off ence unde r s ec tion 36
b
y th at pe rson. (
4 ) Th
e ma ste r of a ship r egi ste red in Ki riba ti who f ails, without r easona ble ca use , to c ompl y with subs
ec tion (
2 ) or (
3) comm its an of fe n ce and is li able upon conv iction to impri son ment fo
r fiv e years . (
5 ) W
here the mas ter of the s hip r eg is te re d in a Conv ention Stat e delivers to a Police offi cer in Ki
riba ti a pe rson a rreste d a nd d etain ed on th at ship on s uspicion o f ha vin g c om mitted an off
ence cor respondin g to a n off ence und er se ction 36, it sh
all be the dut y of su ch Polic e offic
er to t ake s uch pe rson into custod y, unl ess th e P oli ce of fice r h as re asona ble g ro unds to b
elie v e th at suc h a per son h as no t com mitted the offence as alleg ed. W here a Polic e officer r
e fuses to take such p erson into c ustody, h e o r s he shall g iv e w ritten r easons for such r efusa l. D IVISIO
N 5—P LAS
TIC E XPL
OSIV ES 38. Of
fence s r ela ting to p las tic e xplosi ves (
1 ) An
y p erson who know ing ly m anufac tur es unmark ed plastic e xpl osives c omm its a n off ence and i
s liabl e upon c onviction to impr ison ment for 15 y
ea rs . (
2 ) An
y p erson who know ing ly pos sesses or t ransport s unmark ed pl astic explosives com mits an off
ence and is lia bl e upon c onvic tion to imprison ment for 15 y
ea rs.

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(
3 ) Subje
ct to subse ction (
4 ), it is not an off ence und er subs ection (
1 ) or (2) if —
(
a ) th
e pe rson manufa ctures, pos sess es o r trans ports unma rk ed pl asti c explos ive s in a qu
ant ity app rove d in w ritin g b y t he Com mis s ioner o f Polic e sol
ely for use —
(
i) in re
search, d eve lopment or test ing of n ew o r modified explosives; or (
ii ) in t
rainin g in explosives detecti on or in the dev elopme nt or t estin g of explosives det
ection e quipme nt; or (
iii ) fo
r for ensi c s ci en ce pur pose s; or (
b ) th
e unm arke d pl astic explosives ar e d estined t o be, and ar e in corpor ated as , an int egra l p
ar t of dul
y a utho rised milita ry d evi ces in Ki ribati wit hin th ree years a fter th e comin g into f
orc e of th e Plasti c Explosives Convention in Kir ibati. (
4 ) An
y p erson who i mpor ts o r exports unmark ed plastic e xpl osives comm its a n off ence and is li
abl e upon co nviction to imprisonment for 15 y
ears . D IVI
SION 6
— T ERROR
IST B OMBIN
G 39. Of
fence s r ela ting to t error is t bo mbings (
1 ) Subsec
tion (
2) appl ie s to a n action t hat i s int end ed b y a p erson— (
a ) to c
ause d eath o r serious bodil y i nju ry ; o r (
b ) to c
ause ext ensiv e damage to a pl ace mentioned in subse ction (
2 )( a) o r (
b) , a f acilit y me
ntioned in s ubsecti on (
2 )( c) o r a syst em mentioned in subs ection (
2 )(d ), if th e d
ama ge r esults in o r is likely to r esult in major econom ic los s. (
2 ) An
y p erson who unla wfully an d int ention ally d eli vers , p la ces, di sch arges o r deton ates an explos
ive or oth er le tha l d ev ic e i n, into o r agai nst —
(
a ) a p
art of a buildin g, land, s tree t or wat erw ay o r oth er lo cation that i s accessib le o r op en to mem
bers o f th e publ ic , w hethe r cont inuous ly , p eriodi call y o r o ccasion ally , in
cludin g a com merci al, busi ness, c ultur al, histo ric al, e duc ation al, re lig ious, g
ov ernmental, e nterta inm ent, re cre ationa l or sim ilar pl ace ; or (
b ) a f
acilit y o r co nve yanc e t hat i s used o r oc cupi ed, in conn ection with hi s o r he r offi cial duti
es, b y —
(
i) a r
ep re se ntativ e of a ny Gov ernment; or (
ii ) th
e H ead o f Stat e of an y c ountr y; o r (
iii ) th
e P rime Minist er or a M iniste r of any coun try; or (
iv) a member of
the l egi sla tu re of any count ry ; or (
v ) a jud
ge of an y c ountr y; o r (
v i) an off
ic ial o r e m pl oyee of a Gov ernment or pub lic a uthorit y o r an int
er – g
ove rnmental o rg ani sation; or (
c ) a f
acilit y, c onv ey an ce o r i nstr umentalit y, w heth er pub lic o r pr ivately ow ned, t hat i s use
d in or f or a pub licly a vail abl e s er vic e fo r th e t ra n spo rtati on of persons or carg o; o r (
d ) a publ
ic ly o r pr ivately o wn ed f acility p rovidin g o r dis tri but in g s erv ic es for t he ben efit of th
e publ ic , s uch a s w ater , en erg y, f uel o r comm unications, com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for lif e.

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P A
RT VII
—T R
ANS NATI ONAL O RG
ANISE D C RI
ME 40. P
art ici pati on in organised cri m in al g roup (
1 ) An
y p erson who pa rtic ipat es (w heth er as a member, a ssociate me mber or prosp ectiv e me
mber) in an organis ed c riminal gr oup, know in g th at it is a n o rg ani sed c rim ina l g ro up, com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for 15 y
ea rs . (
2 ) A gr
oup of peopl e is ca pable o f bein g a n or gan ised c riminal gr oup for th e pur poses of th is se
ction w hethe r o r not— (
a ) s
om e of the m are s ubo rdin ate s o r emplo yees of o the rs; or (
b ) onl
y s ome of the pe ople involv ed in it a t a pa rticu lar t ime are involv ed in th e plannin g, ar
rangem ent or exec ution at th at t im e o f a ny p ar ticul ar ac tion, a ctivit y or t ran sacti on; o
r (
c ) its me
mbe rshi p ch an ges fr om time t o time. 41. Cor
ru pt ion (
1 ) An
y p erson who int entionally p rom ises, offers o r giv es to a publi c offic ial, dir ectl y o r indi
rectl y, an undu e a dva ntag e, for the o fficial or for anoth er per son, fo r the of fici al to ac t o r r
e fra in f rom actin g in the exer cis e of his or he r official duti es comm its a n off ence and is li
abl e upon co nviction to imprisonment for 15 y
ears . (
2 ) An
y publ ic of fic ia l who int ent ion ally soli cits or a cce pts , di rectl y o r indi re c tly , an undu e adv
ant age , for t he offic ial o r fo r anothe r pe rson, for t he offi cial t o ac t o r re frain f rom acting in th
e exer cise of offi cial du ties com mits an of fe nc e a nd is li able upon co nviction to impri
son ment for 15 y
ea rs . P AR
T
V II I— T R
AFFI CK IN G IN P ERS
ONS AN
D
P EOP
LE
S M
UG GLI NG 42. Of
fence of traf ficki ng in per sons An
y p erson who en gag es i n t ra ffic kin g in a pers on or is involv ed in the arra n gin g of t raf fickin g in a p
er son, knowin g th at th e person ’s ent ry in to K iribati or an y oth er Stat e is or was a rra ng ed b y s
p eci fied means, com mits an of fe n ce a nd i s lia ble upon convi ction to imprison ment for 15 y
ea rs . 43. Of
fence of traf ficki ng in chi ldren An
y p erson who int entionally en gage s i n tr affi ckin g in a p ers on who is a c hild o r is involv ed in the ar
rangin g of tr aff ic kin g in a per son w ho is a c hild, reg ard les s of wheth er th e c hild ’s ent ry into Ki
riba ti or a ny oth er S tat e is or was arranged b y s pec if ie d me ans, comm its a n off ence and is li able upon convi
ction to i mpr ison ment for 20 y
ea rs . 44. Cons
en t of traf ficked pers on I
n a cr im ina l p rose cuti on f or an of fe n ce unde r sect ion 42 or 43, it i
s not a defe n ce t hat— (
a ) th
e t raffi ck ed p ers on con sent ed t o th e i nt end ed exploitation; o r (
b ) th
e int ende d exploitation did not o cc u r.

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45. P
rot ecti on for tr afficke d per sons (
1 ) A t
raf ficked p ers on is not l ia b le to c riminal pros ecution for — (
a ) th
e ac t of t raffic ki ng in persons or bein g a pa rty t o an offe nce of tra ffi ckin g in p ersons; o
r (
b ) th
e pe rson ’s ill eg al e ntr y into K ir iba ti, in c onnection wit h the a ct of t raffi ckin g in p
er sons , if Kiri bati is the re ceiv ing coun try; o r (
c ) th
e pe rson ’s p eriod of un la wfu l r es ide nce i n K ir ib ati a fter being traff ic k ed, if Kirib ati is th
e r ec eivin g countr y; o r (
d ) th
e pe rson ’s p rocur ement or posse ssion of a ny f ra udul ent trav el or i dentit y doc um ents th
at th e person obt ained, or with w hich the p ers on was suppl ie d, f or th e pur pose of ent
eri ng the re ceivi ng c ount ry in c onne ction with the act of t raffi ckin g in p erson s. (
2 ) Subsec
tion (
1) do es not p revent th e rem ova l of a t raff ick ed p ers on und er th e I
mmigration Ordi
nance .
46. Of
fence of people s mugg ling (
1 ) An
y p erson who, in o rder to ob ta in a mater ial b en ef it, e nga ges in p eople s mug gling, e ith er knowin
g or bein g re ck le ss as to th e fact th at the e nt ry of th e person b eing or to b e smu ggle d into t
he c ount ry is ill ega l, c om mits a n of fe n ce and is lia bl e upon c onviction to imprison ment fo
r 15 y
ears. (
2 ) Subsec
tion (
1) appl ie s w hethe r o r not th e person b ein g s mug gled e nters o r ar riv es in th e r
e ce ivin g count ry . 47. Of
fence to faci lit at e t he s tay of an unauthorised person An
y p erson who know ing ly f ac ilit ates the con tinu ed p res en ce of a n unaut hor ised p erson in a r
e ce ivin g count ry in o rder to obt ain a mate rial b ene fit c ommits a n of fe n ce and is lia bl e upon convi
ction to i mpr ison ment for 15 y
ea rs . 48. Of
fence s r ela ted to fraudu lent travel o r id en tity docu men ts An
y p erson who know
ing ly , in o rde r to obt ain a mat eri al b enefi t— (
a ) p
rodu ces a f raudul ent trav el o r i de ntit y doc ument; or (
b ) p
ro cur es, p rovi des or posse sses a fraudul ent tr avel o r id ent ity do cum ent, com
mits an of fence an d is li able upon convi ction to impr ison ment for 10 y
ea rs . 49. Aggr
avated of fence s An
y p erson who com mits an off ence und er s ec tion 46, 47 o
r 48 w
ith on e o r m ore of th e followin g ci
rc umstanc es of a ggra v at ion —
(
a ) th
e una uthorised p erson i s subject ed to to rture or to a ny ot her c ru el, inhuman or d
eg ra d in g t re atm ent (in cludin g exploi ta tion ); (
b ) th
e li fe o r s afety o f th e pe rson b ein g s mu gg led is , or is lik ely t o be , end an gere d, is li
able upon c onvi ction to imprisonment for life.

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50. P
rot ecti on for sm uggled per sons (
1 ) An una
uthorised p erson i s not lia bl e to criminal pr osecution for a n off ence unde r this Pa rt, b
y r ea son onl y of th e fact th at th e person i s the obj ec t of th e follow in g condu ct— (
a ) p
eopl e s m ug gling ; (
b ) an of
fe n ce unde r s ecti on 47;
(
c ) whe
n com mitt ed f or th e pur pose of enabl ing p eopl e smug gli n g , an o ffen ce unde r se
ction 48 .
(
2 ) Subsec
tion (
1) do es not p revent pro cee dings b ein g t ak en a gains t an un authorise d p erson fo r an a
ct o r omission that con stitut es a n off ence und er an y oth er l aw. 51. Obl
igation on com merci al c arri ers (
1 ) An
y c ommerci al carrier w hich t ranspor ts a person into a rec eivin g co unt ry i f, on ent ry into th
e r eceivin g co unt ry , t he pe rs on doe s not have the tr av el do cume nts re quired fo r lawfu l ent
ry into th at count ry com mits an of fe n ce an d is li able upon convi ction to a f ine of $100,000.
(
2 ) A commerci
al carrier is not guilt y of an of fe n ce unde r s ubse ction (
1 ) i f— (
a ) th
e com mer cia l c arr ier ha d re ason able gr ound s to b elieve t hat t he do cuments that t he p
er son h ad are th e tr av el do cume nts re quired fo r lawfu l e ntr y of th at pers on in to th e r
e ce ivin g count ry ; o r (
b ) th
e pe rson poss essed th e t ra v el do cume nts r eq uire d fo r law ful ent ry i nto th e receivin g count
ry w hen th at person bo ard ed, o r last boa rded, th e means of tr anspo rt to t rave l to th
e r eceivin g co unt ry ; or (
c ) ent
ry into th e rece ivin g count ry oc cu rre d onl y b ec aus e of illn ess of or inju ry to a p
er son on bo ard, eme rgen cy , st ress of we ather or ot her c irc um sta n ces bey ond th e cont
ro l of th e com merci al carri er. (
3 ) A commerci
al carrier th at i s g uil ty of an off ence und er this s ection is lia ble to pa y the c osts of th
e person’ s detent ion in, a nd remov al from, the rece ivin g count ry . 52. B
oar ding, sea rch and detenti on of craf t (
1 ) Thi
s se
ction a
ppli es to a cra ft th at is a shi p, boa t o r oth er ma chi ne o r vess el us ed or cap ab le of b
eing u sed fo r the ca rriag e o f pe rs ons b y w ater or ov er w ater, e xce pt fo r a fo rei gn wa
rship. (
2 ) An autho
rise d offi cer ma y s top a nd boa rd th e craft wit hin Ki ribati i f th e a uthori sed offi cer h
as re ason abl e g ro unds to b elieve the c raf t— (
a ) is bein
g us ed to com mit an of fe n ce unde r sect ion 46 ; and
(
b ) th
e cr aft i s in —
(
i) K
ir iba ti; or (
ii ) th
e c onti guous z one of K irib ati. (
3 ) Th
e aut horised offi cer ma y, whe n reasona bly ne cessar y f or th e e xer cise o f his or he r fun
ctions in conn ection with a n offence und er se ction 46 —
(
a ) di
rect the c raft to sta y wh ere it is, o r direct i t to be tak en to a s uitable p la ce in Ki rib ati, fo
r th e pu rpose o f sear ch; and

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(
b ) se
arch a nd d etain th e c ra ft, a nyon e on it a nd anyth in g on it; a nd (
c ) qu
estion any pe rson on bo ard th e craft ; and (
d ) r
e qui re th e p roducti on of an y do cume nts r el atin g to th e craf t o r any t ra v el o r i de ntit y do
cume nts of a per son on th e craf t; a nd (
e ) t
ake a cop y of any do cuments p roduce d; an d (
f) se
iz e and d etain a nyth in g f ound on the c raft th at a ppears to him or he r to be evid enc e of a
n off ence und er this Par t; a nd (
g ) r
emain on th e craft fo r suc h period a s is reasona bly n ecess ary for the pur pose of bo
ardin g, se arch ing a nd di re cti ng the cra ft o r carry in g out a n investigat ion f or an off
ence und er s ect ion 46 .
(
4 ) I
f t he cra ft f ails to stop at the r eq ues t of an a uthori sed offi cer , the officer m ay pur sue it into int
erna tion al wa ters and t ak e an y a ction th at is reasona bly n eces sa ry to stop th e craft t o en
abl e it to be bo arded ( othe r th an i n th e t errito ria l s ea of a nother count ry ). (
5 ) Th
e aut horised offi cer ma y re qui re th e p erson in c harg e of th e craft, a mem ber of th e crew or an
y p erson on boa rd t o tak e a ny a cti on th at ma y be directe d b y t he of fice r und er s
ubs ecti on (
3 )( a). (
6 ) Th
e p erson in charg e of th e craf t must give any autho ris ed offic er w ho rem ains on bo ard th e cr
aft pr oper an d suffici ent food a nd suita bl e a ccom modation without ch arg e. (
7 ) An
y p erson who doe s not comply with a directi on of an a utho rise d o ffi cer und er s
ubs ecti on (
3 )( a) c om mits an off ence and i s li abl e upon c onviction to imprison ment for 10 y
ea rs . P A
RT IX
—G E
NE RAL
P RO
VIS IO NS 53. Jurisdic
tion Pr
ocee din gs m ay b e b rou ght fo r an of fe n ce und er th is Act w heth er or no t th e a ct o r om ission cons
titut ing the o ffen ce is com mitted in o r outs ide K ir ib ati, if the act or omission —
(
a ) is comm
itted by a c
itiz en of Kiriba ti or
a c itizen of a ny count ry who is ordinarily r
e sid ent in Kirib ati; o r (
b ) is comm
itted in order to c ompe l the G overnment of Ki rib ati to do o r abstain f rom doin
g an y a ct; or (
c ) is comm
itted agains t a citizen of Ki ribati ; or (
d ) is comm
itted by a p ers on w ho is, after th e com mission of the o ffen ce, pr esent in Ki
riba ti; o r (
e ) is int
ended to be c om mit ted in the Republ ic ; o r (
f) o
rig inates in o r t ra n sits th e Republic . 54. Cons
en t of Attorn ey-G en eral (
1 ) Pr
ocee din gs fo r any of fen ce unde r this Act, fo r w hic h juri sdiction is c laime d for an off ence com
mitted on bo ard an a ir c ra ft w hile in fli ght, or a vessel, e lsewh ere th an in o r ov er Kiri bati o
r for a ny oth er of fe n ce com mitted outsid e Kiribati, ma y onl y b e i nstit uted w ith th e cons ent of th
e Atto rney -Ge neral.

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(
2 ) Subsec
tion (
1) do es not p revent th e arrest, o r the issue of a wa rrant f or the ar res t, of a ny p
er son for any offe nce , or t he rem andin g in cu stody o r on ba il of any p er son c har ge d wi th an
y off ence . 55. Res
tricte d gr ounds for refusal to extr ad ite o r provide m utual assis tanc e (
1 ) Notwithst
andi ng a
n yth in g i
n th e E
xtr adit ion A ct 2003 o
r the M
utual Assis tance in Cr im inal M
atters A
ct 2003, a
n offence und er this or any oth er A ct, whe re th e ac t o r omission cons
titut ing the o ffen ce al so c onstitut es a ter ro ri st a ct, is tak en, fo r the pu rpos es of extr
adition or m utua l ass ista n ce , not to be —
(
a ) an of
fe n ce of a pol itica l ch ara ct er o r a n o ffenc e c onn ected with a political of fe n ce or an of
fe n ce inspir ed b y polit ic al motives; or (
b ) a f
isc al off ence. (
2 ) Notwithst
andi ng anyth in g in the M
utual Assist ance in Criminal Mat ters A ct 2003, no
r
e que st fo
r mut ual a ss is ta n ce in r ela tion to an offence unde r this Ac t may b e d eclin ed s olely on th
e basis of b ank s ecre cy . 56. L
iabili ty of a b ody corp or ate (
1 ) Thi
s A ct ap plies to a body c orpor ate in th e same wa y a s it a pplies to a n ind ividu al and a bod
y co rpo ra te ma y be found guil ty of an y of th e offences set out in th is Ac t, in addition to th
e li abilit y of any p er son for the same offen ce. (
2 ) F
or a n off ence und er this Ac t, the conduct o r s ta te of mind of an emplo yee, age nt o r of fice r of a
bod y c orpo rate i s t ak en to b e attribut ed to th e body co rpor ate if th at pe rson is a cti ng— (
a ) within t
he sc ope of th e person’ s employm ent; o r (
b ) within t
he sc ope of th e person’ s actu al o r a ppa rent autho rity ; o r (
c ) with th
e conse n t o r a gre eme nt ( expr ess o r impli ed) of a director , se rvant o r agen t of th
e bod y co rpo ra te , a nd g ivin g th at c onsent is within th e actu al o r appare nt a utho rity o f th
e di recto r, serva nt o r a gen t. (
3 ) A r
efere n ce in this sect ion to th e state o f m ind of a pe rs on inc ludes the pe rson ’s knowl ed ge, int
ent ion, opinion, beli ef or pur pose , and th e p erson ’s reasons fo r that int ention, opinion, b
elie f or pu rpose . 57. Cont
rolle d deliv ery of prop erty (
1 ) Thi
s se
ction a
ppli es to a n autho rised of ficer who h as reason able gro und s to b elieve th at a p
er son h as com mitted, is comm itting o r is about to com mit an off ence und er this Act. (
2 ) Th
e aut horised offi cer ma y al low pr operty th at the a utho rise d o ffi cer reas onab ly s uspe cts ha s b
ee n, is b eing or ma y b e us ed to c ommit a n o ffenc e und er this A ct, to ent er, l eav e o r move th
rou gh Ki ribati f or th e pu rpos e of g atherin g e vid en ce to id entify a pe rson o r to facilit ate a p
rose cution fo r the of fe n ce. (
3 ) An autho
ris ed offic
er doe s not c ommit an off ence unde r this Ac t if —
(
a ) th
e autho ris ed offic er is en gage d in inv estiga tion of a susp ect ed of fe n ce unde r this Act;
and (
b ) th
e off ence involv es prope rty t ha t t he autho rised offi cer re asona bly s us pects has be en, is bein
g o r ma y b e us ed to com mit an off ence unde r this Ac t; an d

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(
c ) th
e a utho ris ed off icer doe s not t ake a ction th at the autho rised of fice r would oth
erwise b
e r equi red to t ake und er this A ct for the pu rpose of th e investiga tion. 58. P
rovi sion of inf or ma tion r ela ting to per son s, good s o r c raf t en te r ing or l eavi ng Ki ribat i (
1 ) Th
e op erato r of a c ra ft —
(
a ) ar
rivin g in o r depar tin g f rom Kiribati ; or (
b ) r
e gi ste red in Ki ribati, d eparti n g f rom any pl ace outsid e Kiribati , must
give th e Com missioner of Polic e any info rmation in his o r her poss ession, r elatin g to p
er sons o r goods on bo ard, o r expec ted t o b e on bo ard, th e craft. (
2 ) An
y p erson who co ntrave nes subs ec tion (
1 ) c omm its a n off ence and is lia bl e upon convi
ction to i mpr ison ment for 10 y
ea rs . (
3 ) Th
e C
om mis sioner of
Pol ice m ay g iv e th e c ompe te nt au thority in a forei gn count ry a ny info
rma tion —
(
a ) in his o
r her poss ession r elat in g to p ersons ent ering or l eavin g K ir iba ti; a nd (
b ) th
at is r
equi red und
er th e laws of t he fo rei gn c ount ry . (
4 ) Th
e p rovis ion of info rmation under subs ection (
1 ) or (
3 ) is take n no t to b e a cont ravent ion of an
y provi sion of law p rohi bitin g the disclosu re of th e info rmation. (
5 ) No info
rm ati on provid ed t o th e Com missioner of P olice unde r subs ec tion (
1 ) ma y b e u sed or disclos
ed by t he Com miss ioner of P olice except for th e pur pose of prot ectin g bo rder se
cur ity, n ation al secur ity o r publi c safet y. (
6 ) R eg
ula tions m ade und er se ction 59 ma
y pr escr ibe th e typ es or cla ss e s of in fo rmation that ma
y b e —
(
a ) p
rov ide d und er this s ec tion; o r (
b ) disclos
ed to th
e compet ent authority of a foreign count ry . 59. Re
gulat ions (
1 ) Th
e Atto rney -Ge neral, ac tin g in a ccord anc e with t he a dvi ce of th e Cabinet, ma y make r
e gu la ti ons pre sc rib ing matters — (
a ) r
e qui red or per mitt ed b y this Act t o be pre sc ribe d; or (
b ) n
ec essa ry o r co nveni ent to b e prescribed fo r carr yin g out or gi ving effec t to this Act. (
2 ) Wi
thou t l imit ing th e genera lit y of subse ction (
1 ), th e reg ula tion s ma y a dd or omit items to or f
ro m Sch edul e 1.

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S CHEDULE 1 –
T HE C O
UNT ER T E
RRO RIS M C ON
VENTION S 1. Conve
ntion on O ff en ces a nd cer ta in Ot her Acts commit te d on Board Aircraft done
at Toky o on 14 Se
ptembe r 19 63 2. Conve
ntion for the Suppres sion o f U nla wful Seiz ure of Aircr aft done
at The Ha gue on 16 D
ec emb er 1970
3. Conve
ntion for the Suppres sion o f U nla wful Acts Ag ain st th e S afet y of Civ il A viat ion done
at M
ont real on 23 Se
ptem ber 19 71 4. Conve
ntion on t he Preve ntio n a nd Punishm en t of Crim es Agains t In terna tion all y Prot ecte d Pe
rson s, includ ing Diplom ati c Ag ents
ad op te d b y th e Gene ral Ass embly of the U ni ted Nation s on 14 De
cembe r 1 973 5. In
terna tiona l Conven tion a gainst t he tak ing o f H os tag es ad
op ted by t he Gene ral Ass embly of the Unit
ed N ation s o n 17 D
ec em ber 1979 6. Conve
ntion on t he P hys ical Prot ect ion of Nu clear Ma ter ial d
one at V ie n na a nd New York o n 3 Ma
rch 1 980 7. Pr
oto co l for the Su ppr essio n o f Un law ful Act s of Viol ence at Airpo rts S ervi ng Inte rna tiona l Civi l Av
ia ti on , suppl
ementary t o the C
onv en tio n for t h e Su ppre ssio n of Unlawfu l A cts agains t the Safe ty of
Civ il A viat ion , done
at M ontr e a l on 24 Februa ry 19888. Conve
ntion for the Suppres sion o f U nla wful Acts ag ain st th e S afet y of Ma ritim e N aviga tion
d on e a t th
e Ro me o n 10 M
arch 1 988 9. Pr
oto co l for the Su ppr essio n o f Un law ful Act s agains t t he Safe ty o f Fi xed Plat forms loc ated on the Conti
nental S he lf
d on e a t Ro me on 10 M
arch 1 9 88 10. Conve
ntion on t he Mark ing of Plas tic Explo sive s f or the Purp ose s of De te ct ion d
one at M on tre al on 1 Ma
rch 1 991 11. I n
te rna tiona l C onven tion fo r the Sup press ion of Terror is t Bomb ing s adopt
ed by the General As
sembl y of the Unit ed Nation s o n 15 D
ec em ber 1997 12. In
terna tiona l Conven tion for the Sup pres sio n of the Financ ing of Ter rorism ad
op ted by t he Gene ral As
sembl y of the Unit ed Nation s o n 9 Dec
embe r 1 999

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MEASURES
TO C OM BAT TERRORI SM AN D TR
ANSNA TIO NAL O
RG ANISED CRI
ME ACT
2005 EXP
LANATORY MEM ORAN DUM Wi
th this l eg is lati on we ende avou r to honour ou r obli gati ons unde r the N
as onini Declar ation , in
th
at th is Act s
e ek s to giv e e ffect to a num ber of inte rn ation al instruments —
· th
e Unit ed Nations Sec urity Council R esolut ion 1373, w hich d eals with t error is t f ina ncing; · e
ight of the 12 Unit ed Nations co nventions a nd protocols on t err or ist ac tivities; a nd · th
e C
onv ention on Tr ansnational Organise d Crime , with its p
rotocols on tr affi ckin g in pe rs on s a
nd pe ople smug glin g. Of th
e four remainin g U N count er ter ro rism conv ent ions , thr ee a re d ealt with b y the Ai
rcraft S
ec uri ty Ac t 1990 and t
he four th is de
alt with b y th e Civil A
viation A ct 2004.
Th
e Act i s divid ed into nine Pa rts . P art I de als with pre lim ina ry m atters, in cludin g d efin itions. Se
ction 3, in p
articul ar, d efin es th e expr ession ‘ terro rist a ct’. Pa
rt I
I d ea ls with sp ecifi ed e ntitie s. Th e term includ es e ach p erson o r gro up c lassif ie d a s a terro rist b
y th e U nit ed N ations Sec urity C oun cil, unl ess the Atto rney-G ene ral b y r eg ul ati on remov es them fo
rm the list a s it a pplie s to Kirib ati. Th e Atto rney -Ge neral ca n appl y to th e Court fo r a dec la ration th
at a p erson o r group not on th e Secu rit y C oun cil l ist s houl d be dec la re d a spec ifi ed enti ty if th ere ar
e r easona ble gr ounds to be lieve t he pers on or gro up is involv ed i n terro ris t a cti viti es. T he P art se
ts out the pro ce du re for a ppli cations an d for revocat ion of d eclara tions. A ll d eclara tions m ust b e r
e vi ew ed p eriodi cally. Pa
rt I II s ets out general of fen ces r elatin g to te rrorist a cti vit y, in cludin g te rrorism finan cin g, p
rov is ion of prop ert y o r s er vice s to spe cifi ed e ntities, de alin g with t errori st p rope rty , h arbou ring of p
er sons com mitting t erro ris t ac ts , pr ovision of we apons to t erro rist g roups an d recru itme nt of p
er sons to be members of t err o ris t gr oup s or to p arti cip ate in t err or ist acts . G en er ally , t his is in lin e with th
e I
n te rnat iona l Conv ention for th e Suppre ssion of th e Financ ing of Ter roris m .
Pa
rt I V d
eals wi th th e m ana geme nt and forf eiture of t erro ris t pr operty , and is d ivid ed into t hree Divisions
. Division 1 p
rovide s t hat on a ppli cation b y the Atto rn ey -Ge ner al, th e Court can di re c t th e Adm
inis trato r (who is a ppointed unde r t he Pro
cee ds of C rim e Ac t 2003
) to t
ake cus tod y a nd c ontrol of t
err or ist prope rty. N otice of a direction must be giv en to th e person who owns o r c on trol s th e p
rop erty ( if the pe rs on or the pe rson ’s repr ese ntative i s i n K irib ati) a nd to an yo ne el se th e Atto rn ey – Ge
neral thinks ma y h av e an interest in th e prope rty . Th e Court can th en v ary or revoke the dir ection on appl
ica tion by th e Atto rn ey -G en era l o r th e person w ho owns or controls th e p rope rty . A di
rection is re voked a utoma ticall y i f th e enti ty th at ow ns it ceas es to b e a specif ie d e ntit y o r if a fo
rfe itur e o rd er is m ade for th e pr operty . A n app eal a gains t a di rection li es to th e C our t of Appe al. Division 2 p
rovide s f or th e Atto rney -Ge ner al to appl y t o th e C our t fo r a fo rfeitu re ord er a gains t t
er ro rist p rop erty . Noti ce m ust be giv en to the persons know n to ow n or co ntrol th e property . Th e C
our t will direc t how th e notice i s to be g iv en a nd c an ord er s er vic e of t he a ppl ic at ion on a ny one el
se the Cour t thinks ha s an int erest in the prop erty , a nd publi ca tion of no tice of th e appl ic ation. An
yo ne w ho claims an int erest is e ntitl ed to app ea r a nd p rese nt e vide nce at th e h earin g of the appl
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Th
e C ourt can ord er for fe itu re of th e property if it is s atis fie d, on t he balanc e o f p rob abiliti es, th at it is t
erro rist p ropert y. Th e Court c an also exc lude the int ere sts of persons from the o rder. W ithin six months
of the making of an ord er, a per son who c laims an int eres t in th e property an d wa s not giv en noti
ce of the a ppli cation c an appl y to h ave that p erson’ s i nt erest exclud ed f rom the o rder. Th e Atto
rney-Ge nera l o r any p erson a ffec te d b y the Cour t’s d ecis ion ca n app eal to th e Court of App eal. Division 3 of Pa
rt I V requi res a fin anci al institution to infor m th e F inanci al I nte llig en ce U nit if it knows o
r h as re asona ble g ro unds to susp ect th at a ny pr operty it holds o r cont rols i s ow ned o r cont
ro lled b y a sp ecifi ed e ntity, o r a ny de ali ngs i t ha s relat e to the commissi on of a te rrorist a ct. Th
e F inancial I nte llig en ce U nit m ay s har e th at i nfor ma tion with e quivalent autho riti es in oth er count
rie s. Howev er, infor mation receiv ed ca n onl y b e disc los ed f or law enfo rcem ent pur poses. Pa
rt V re qui res a utho
ris ed of fice rs ( in this ca se , usu ally im migr ation o ffi cers ) to p revent the entr y of an
yo ne reas on abl y s usp ect ed of invo lve me nt o r plannin g of a t error ist ac t. Th e Minist er respons ibl e fo
r im migration ca n o rd er a pe rson who is not a c iti zen to leave Ki rib ati on th e same gr ounds . Pa
rt V I p
rovides fo r specif ic c riminal off ences und er th e count er te rro ris m conventi ons. Division 1 d
eals wi th th e C
onv ention on th e Prevention and Punis hment o f C rimes Agains tI
n te rnat iona lly Prot ected Per sons, inc luding Diplomati c Agents . I
t c re ate s a s peci al offe nce of at
tac kin g o r thr eate ni ng int ernati on ally prot ected pe rsons, the ir offic ia l p remises, priv ate ac
com modati on or m eans of tra n spo rt. Division 2 d
eals wi th th e I
n te rnat iona l Conv ention against the ta king of Hostag es . I
t c rea tes a n off
ence of t akin g a ho stage to tr y t o fo rce a g ov ernm ent, an in te rn ation al org ani sation o r a per son o r g
ro up of pe rsons to do som ethi ng o r not to do something. Division 3 d
eals wi th th e C
onv ention on th e Physica l Prot ection of Nuc le ar M ate rial . I
t c ontrol s th
e m ovement of nuc lear mate rial in and out of Kiribati, r equi ring th e w ritte n pe rmis sion of the M
inis te r r esponsibl e f or tra nspo rt. To g et a li cen ce or p ermit, the p ers on mus t as sur e t he Minist er th
at th e materi al wi ll be p rot ec ted at the l ev els re quire d b y th e Convention. I t i s a n off ence to make a f
alse sta teme nt or provid e a false as suran ce. Th ere a re al so a number of off ences dea lin g with t he use
of nuc le ar m ateria l, whe re t he fac t th at th e mate rial i s nu clea r ma kes the behav iour more d
an gero us beca use o f the i nhe re nt r isks involv ed. Division 4 d
eals wi th th e C
onv ention for the Suppression of Unlaw ful Ac ts against the Sa fety o f M
arit im e N avigation and th
e as sociat ed Proto
col for th e Suppression of Unlawful Acts against th e Saf
ety of Fi xed P latforms loc ate d on the Cont inenta l She lf . I
t in cludes a number of of fe nc es cov
erin g d am ag e or destr u ction of a ship o r fixed platform, act s of violen ce or dam ag e on o r to th
em , d am agin g or int erf e rin g with n avigation al fa ciliti es, o r enda ng erin g s afe n avi gat ion b y p
rov idin g f alse inf or ma tion. The mas ter of a ship is g ive n pow er to a rre st a nd d etain a pers on s
us pect ed of c ommitting one of the offe nces, a nd to hand t he pers on ove r to th e a pp ropri ate aut
hor iti es of a s tat e pa rty t o th e C onvention. Division 5 d
eals wi th th e C
onv ention on th e Marking of Plasti c Explos ive s for the P urposes of Det
ection . Ma
rking pl asti c expl osives al lows for them to b e tra ced ba ck to th eir la st legitimate owne
r if the y a re use d for t err or ist a cti vi ties. Th e Division c re at es of fe nc es of manuf actu rin g, pos
sess ing, tr anspo rtin g, i mportin g o r expor tin g unmark ed pl astic e xpl osives. Th ere a re l im ited ci
rc umstanc es in whi ch their use may be permit ted. Division 6 d
eals wi th th e I
n te rnat iona l Conv ention for th e Suppre ssion of Ter roris t Bombings . I
t p
rov ide s of fe n ces f or th e u se of explosives o r other l eth al d evices in pl aces t hat a re acces sibl e t o the

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publi
c, facil ities or co nve yanc es a sso ciat ed with g over nment, public serv ic e o r th e j udi cia ry , public t
ra ns po rt s ervic es or publ ic utility i nf rastru ctu re. Pa
rt V II add re ss es m atter s c overed b y th
e C
onv ention on Tr ansnational Organise d Crime . I
t cr
ea te s a n of fe n ce of p articip atin g in a n organis ed c riminal gr oup, a nd an offe nc e of c orruption, d
ea lin g with offe ring or t aki ng b rib es c onnec te d with offici al duti es. Pa
rt V III de als with the Proto
cols on P eople Traff icking and P eople Smuggl ing und
er th e T
ra nsn ation al O rgan is e d Crime Convention. I t c re ates off ences of en gagi ng in p eople traffi ckin g. C
ons ent b y th e pe rson b eing tra ffi cke d is no t a d efe n ce . A traff ick ed p erson ma y be subj ect to r
emova l f rom Kiribati , but i s not to be punished for b ein g th e vi ctim of t raffic ki ng . I t a lso p rovi des fo
r off ences of p eople smug glin g, bein g involv ed in kee pi ng smug gle d p eopl e i n K ir ib ati a nd d
ea lin g with f raudul ent tr av el o r identit y do cuments. Addi tion al pen alti es ar e p rovi ded if th e s
ubj ects of p eopl e smugg ling are t re ated b adly or oth erwise enda ng er ed . Th ere is p rot ection f rom p
rose cution fo r pers ons bein g smug gle d, al thou gh onl y f or offenc es involv ed with b eing th e obj ec t of p
eopl e sm uggling. A com merci al ca rri er is g iv en t he responsibilit y to make su re th at p eopl e b
eing tra nspo rte d h av e th e n ecessa ry t ra v el do cume nts f or law ful ent ry into th e destin ation countr y. An autho
rise d offi cer c an stop a nd boa rd c ra ft to inve stigat e suspic ions of p eople smu gglin g. Pa
rt I X sets out some gen era l p rovisions to g ive effec t to th e legisl ation. A b road ju risdiction to p
rose cut e is provid ed f or, in lin e with th e interna tion al expe ctati on t hat t hose who com mit terrori st ac
ts shall b e d eni ed s afe h av en. I n c er tain c irc um sta n ces the Atto rney-G ene ral must expressly cons
ent to a prosecution. Of fe n ce s unde r t his Act a re d ecl ar ed not to be polit ical o r fisc al offenc es, s
o t hat extr adi ti on o r mutual assist ance can not be r efuse d on those grounds . Also, ba nk secre cy ca
nnot b e reli ed on to re fuse a requ est fo r mutual assist ance. A bod y co rpo rat e c an b e guilty of a n off
ence in th e same way a s a n individu al. T he l eg is la tion al so provi des for cont rolle d de liv ery , whe
re a n a utho rise d offi cer who s uspect s th at p roperty m ay be involv ed in an offe nce can a llo w move
ment of th e property as par t of the investigati on of suspe cted off ences. T her e i s a ge neral r
e por ting r equi rement fo r the op erato r of an y c ra ft a rri vin g in o r l eav in g Kir ibati to g iv e info rmation to th
e Commissioner of Poli ce a bout the pe rs ons or g oods on boa rd. This re quire ment extends to th
e ope ra to rs of c raft r eg is te re d in Ki rib ati f or each l eg of th eir vo yag e. Fi nall y, th ere is a g en era l r
e gu la ti on -m akin g powe r th at in cludes pow er fo r th e addi ti on o r removal of n ames of count er t
er ro rism conven tions liste d the S ch edul e. Th
e Sch edul e lists th e 12 int ern ationa l coun ter t error ism conv enti ons and pr otoc ols. D
avid Lambou rne Sol
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