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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:-- 8. Amendment of section 110, Act XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, for section 110 the following shall be substituted, namely:- "110. Seizure, freeze and detention.---(1) The Federal Government or a Provincial Government may, from time to time, designate an officer of the Government, by notification in the official Gazette, or direct any other person to freeze, seize or detain any money or other property for a period of fifteen days, if there are reasonable grounds to believe that- (a) it is a terrorist property; or (b) it is property of a person included in the Fourth Schedule. (2) The refusal to effect freeze or seizure under this section without just cause shall be an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment of upto five years or fine upto five hundred thousand rupees, or both. (3) If a legal person commits an offence under subsection (4), it shall be liable to a fine of up to five million rupees and every director, officer or employee of such entity found guilty under subsection (4) shall be punished in terms thereof. (4) The officer or person effecting freeze or seizure shall, within forty eight hours of the freeze or seizure, issue notice thereof to all persons concerned with the money or other property frozen or seized and cause publication of such notice in one English newspaper and one Urdu newspaper having wide circulation in the area. (5) No prosecution, suit or other proceedings shall lie against the Government, or the officer or the person referred to in subsection (1) for anything done or intended to be done in good faith to effect freeze or seizure under this section. (6) The provisions of subsections (1) to (5) shall mutatis mutandis apply to a request received by the Federal Government from a foreign government to freeze, seize or detain a terrorist property or property of a person included in the Fourth Schedule.".