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ACT XIII OF 2013 ACT XIII OF 2013 ANTI-TERRORISM (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013 An Act further to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 19th March, 2013] No. F. 9(5)/2013-Legis., dated 19-3-2013.---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 18th March, 2013, is hereby published for general information:- Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997) for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- 2. Amendment of section 2, Act XXVII of 1997.---In the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997), hereinafter referred to as, the said Act, in section 2,- (a) after clause (o), the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(oa) "money" includes coins or notes in any currency, postal orders, money orders, bank credits, bank accounts, letter of credit, travellers cheques, bank cheques, bankers draft, in any form, electronic, digital or otherwise and such other kinds of monetary instruments or documents as the Federal Government may by order specify;"; (b) in clause (p), the words "acting under a distinctive name" shall be omitted; (c) after clause (p), amended as aforesaid, the following new clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(pa) "property" means property of every description, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible and includes shares, securities, bonds and deeds and instruments evidencing title to, or an interest in, property of any kind and money;": and (d) in clause (aa),- (i) in paragraph (i), in sub-paragraph (a), for the words "a prescribed organization" the words "an organization concerned in terrorism or a terrorist" shall be substituted; (ii) in paragraph (ii),- (a) in sub-paragraph (a), after semicolon the word "and" shall be added; (b) in sub-paragraph (b), for commas, words and semicolon the phrase "and includes assets of any kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, and legal documents or instruments in any form, whether written, electronic or digital, and shares, securities, bonds, drafts and letters of credit; and" a semicolon shall be substituted; and (c) sub-paragraph (c) shall be omitted.