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ORDINANCE XXXIX OF 2001 ORDINANCE XXXIX OF 2001 ANTI‑TERRORISM (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2001 An Ordinance further to amend the Anti‑Terrorism Act, 1997 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 14th August, 2001] F.No.2(1)/2001‑Pub., dated 14‑8‑2001.‑‑‑The following Ordinance promulgated by the President is hereby published for general information:‑‑ 5. Substitution of section 6, Act XXVII of 1997.‑‑In the said Act, for section 6 the following shall be substituted, namely:‑‑ "6. Terrorism.‑‑(1) In this Act, "terrorism" means the use or threat of action where: (a) the action falls within the meaning of subsection (2), and (b) the use or threat is designed to coerce and intimidate or overawe the Government or the public or a section of the public or community or sect or create a sense of fear or insecurity in society; or (c) the use of threat is made for the purpose of advancing a religious, sectarian or ethnic cause. (2) An "action" shall fall within the meaning of subsection (1), if it: (a) involves the doing of anything that causes death; (b) involves grievous violence against a person or grievous bodily injury or harm to a person; (c) involves grievous damage to property; (d) involves the doing of anything that is likely to cause death or endangers a person's life; (e) involves kidnapping for ransom, hostage‑taking or hijacking; (f) incites hatred and contempt on religious, sectarian or ethnic basis to stir up violence or cause internal disturbance; (g) involves stoning, brick‑batting or any other form of mischief to spread panic; (h) involves firing on religious congregations, mosques, imambargahs, churches, temples and all other places of worship, or random firing to spread panic, or involves any forcible takeover of mosques or other places of worship; (i) creates a serious risk to safety of the public or a section of the public, or is designed to frighten the general public and thereby prevent them from coming out and carrying on their lawful trade and daily business, and disrupts civic life; (j) involves the burning of vehicles or any other serious form of arson; (k) involves extortion of money ("bhatta") or property; (l) is designed to seriously interfere with or 'seriously disrupt a communications system or public utility service; (m) involves serious coercion or intimidation of a public servant in order to force him to discharge or to refrain from discharging his lawful duties; or (n) involves serious violence against a member of the police force armed forces, civil armed forces, or a public servant. (3) The use or threat of use of 'any action falling within sub section (2), which involves the use of fire‑arms, explosives or any other weapon, is terrorism, whether or not subsection 1(c) is satisfied. (4) In this section "action" includes an act or a series of acts. (5) In this Act, terrorism includes any act done for the benefit of a proscribed organisation. (6) A person who commits an offence under this section or any other provision of this Act, shall be guilty of an act of terrorism. (7) In this Act, a "terrorist" means (a) a person who has committed an offence of terrorism under this Act, and is or has been concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism; (b) a person who is or has been whether before or after the coming into force of this Act, concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, shall also be included in the meaning given in clause (a) above."