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11-E. Measures to be taken against a prescribed organization.--

Where any organization shall be prescribed .

(1) Amongst other measures to be taken by the Federal Government-

a. It offices, if any, shall be sealed;

b. Its accounts, if any shall be frozen;

c. All literature, posters, banners or printed, electronic, digital or other material shall be seized; and

d.Publication , printing or dissemination of any press statements, press conferences or public utterances by or on behalf of or in support of a prescribed organization shall be prohibited.

(2) The Prescribed Organization shall submit all accounts of its Income and expenditure for its political and social welfare activities and disclose all funding sources to the competent authority designated by the Federal Government.

11-F. Membership, support and meetings relating to a Prescribed Organization.

1 A person is guilty of an offence if he belongs or professes to belong to a prescribed organization.
2. A person is guilty of an offence under sub-section (1) shall be liable of conviction to a term not exceeding six months imprisonment and a fine.

3. A person commits an offence if he,
a. Solicits or invites support for a prescribed organization, and the support is not, restricted to, the provision of money of other property; or

b. Arranges, manages or assists in managing, or addressing a meeting which he know is—

i. To support a prescribed organization;
ii. To further the activities of a prescribed organization; or
iii. To be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a prescribed organization.

4. A person commit an offence if he addresses a meeting, or delivers a sermon to a religious gathering, by any means whether verbal, written, electronic, digital or otherwise, and the purpose of his address or sermon, is to encourage support for a prescribed organization or to further its activates.

5. A person commits an offence if he solicits, collects, or raises funds for a prescribed organization.
6. A person guilty of an offence under sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) shall be liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not less than one year and not more than five and a fine.

11-G. Uniform.

1) A person commits an offence if he-
(a) Wears carries or displays any article, symbol, or any flag or banner connected with or associated with any prescribed organization; or
(b) Carries, wears or displays any uniform, item of clothing or dress in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that he is a member or supporter of a prescribed organization.
2) A person who commit an offence under sub-section (1) shall be liable by way of summary procedure to simple imprisonment for a term not more exceeding three months or to a fine or to both

11-H. Fund raising.

1) A person commits an offence if he—
(a) Invites another to provide money or other property, and
(b) Intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purpose of terrorism.

2) A person commits an offence if
(a) He received money or other property, and
(b) Intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.

3) A person commits an offence if he,
(a) Provides money or the property, and
(b) Knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that it will or may be used for the purposes of terrorism.

4) In this section a reference to the provision of money or other property is a reference to its being given, lent or otherwise made available, whether or not for consideration.

11-I. Use and possession.

1) He uses money or other property for the purposes of terrorism; or

2) He-
(a) Possesses money or other property; and
(b) Intends that it should be used, or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used, for the purposes of terrorism.

11-J. Funding Arrangements.

1) A person commits an offence if he

(a) Enters into or becomes concerned in an arrangement as a result of which money or other property is made available or is to be made available to another, and
(b) Has reasonable cause to suspect that it will be used for the purposes of terrorism.

11-K. Money-laundering.

1) A Person commits an offence if he enters into or becomes concerned in any arrangement which facilitates the retention or control, by or on behalf of another person, of terrorist property.

(a) By concealment,

(b) By removal from the jurisdiction.

(c) By transfer of nominees, or

(d) In any other way.

2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under sub-section (1) to prove that he did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the arrangement related to terrorist property.

11-N. Punishment under Sections 11-H to 11-K. Any person who commits an offence under Sections 11-H to 11-K shall be punishable on conviction with imprisonment for a term no less than six months and not exceeding five years and with fine.