(ii) having committed, in relation to any work of defence, arsenal, naval, military or air
force establishment or station, ship or aircraft or otherwise in relation to the naval,
military or air force affairs of Pakistan, an offence under the Official Secrets Act,
1923 1[,]
2[(iii) claiming or are known to belong to any terrorist group or organization misusing the
name of religion or a sect; and
(a) Raise arms or wage war against Pakistan, or attack the Armed Forces of
Pakistan, law enforcement agencies, or attack any civil or military installations in
Pakistan; or
(b) abduct any person for ransom, or cause death of any person or injury; or
(c) possess, store, fabricate or transport or use explosives, firearms, instruments,
articles, suicide jackets; or
(d) use or design vehicles for terrorist acts; or
(e) provide or receive funding from any foreign or local source for the illegal
activities under this subclause; or
(f) act to overawe the state or any section of the public or sect or religious minority;
or
(g) create terror or insecurity in Pakistan or attempt to commit any of the said acts
within or outside Pakistan,
Shall be punished under this Act; and
(iv) claiming or are known to belong to any terrorist group or organization misusing the
name of religion or a sect and raise arms or wage war against Pakistan, commit an
offence as specified in clauses (b), (c), (d), (h), (j), (l), (m), (n) or (o) of subsection
(2) of section 6 of the AntiTerrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997):
Provided that___
(a) any person who is alleged to have abetted, aided or conspired in the commission
of any offence falling under subclause (iii) or subclause (iv) shall be tried under
this Act wherever he may have committed that offence;
(b) no person accused of an offence falling under subclause (iii) or subclause (iv)
shall be prosecuted without the prior sanction of the Federal Government;
(c) any person arrested, taken into custody or detained under this Act, after transfer
of his custody to the military unit he is attached with for trial, shall be produced
before the standing military court specially empowered by the convening
authority for this purpose or Commanding Officer as provided for in this Act;
1 Subs. added and Ins. by the Pakistan Army (Admt.) Act, 1975 (73 of 1975), s. 2.
2 Added by Act No. XI of 2017, s.2.
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