Section 19: Amendment of section 40

Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended by-
(a) substituting for the words "Cash Dealers" the words "Bureau D'Change" ;
(b) deleting the definition of the phrase, "Counter Terrorism Convention"contained in paragraphs (o)-(m) ;
(c) by inserting immediately after the definition of "law enforcement agency", the following definition-
"Law Enforcement and Security Agency" includes Nigerian Armed Forces and Nigeria Prisons Service immediately after paragraph (j) of the Principal Act;
(d) substituting for the definition of the words "proscribed organization" after the definition of the words "proceeds of terrorism", the following new definition-
"Proscribed organization" is a group involved in te.rorism and is prohibited by law from operating in Nigeria and-
(i) declared to be a proscribed organization under section 2 of this Act; and
(ii) includes a group which has been declared to be an international terrorist group under section 9 of this Act;
(e) inserting after the definition of the words "terrorism investigation" the following-
"Terrorist" means any person involved in the offences under sections 1-4 of this Act and includes his sponsor" ; and
(f) substituting for the definition of the word "terrorist", a new definition-
"Terrorist" means any natural person who commits any of the following acts-
(i) commission or attempting to commit, terrorist acts intentionally by any means, either directly or indirectly,
(ii) participation as an accomplice in terrorist acts, or
(iii) organizing terrorist acts or directing others to commit such acts,
(iv) contributing to the commission of terrorist acts with a group of persons acting with a common purpose where the contribution is made intentionally and with the aim of furthering the terrorist act or with the knowledge of the intention of the group to commit a terrorist act;
(g) inserting after the definition of terrorist, the following definition-
"terrorist act", in addition to the provisions of the renumbered section 1subsection (3) of the Principal Act, means an act which constitutes an offence according to the following agreements-
(i) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, 1970,
(ii) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Avi-ation, 1971,
(iii) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons; including Diplomatic Agents, 1973,
(iv) International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, 1979,
(v) Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 1980,
(vi) Protocol forthe Suppression ofUnlawful Acts of violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, 1988,
(vii) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988,
(viii) Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the continental Shelf, 1988,
(ix) The International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombing, 1997,
(x) The Convention against Terrorist Financing,
(xi) Convention on Offences and certain other Acts committed on Board Aircraft, and
(xii) Convention on the Making of Plastic Explosives for the purpose of Detection ; and
(h) inserting immediately after the definition of the words "terrorist investigation" in the Principal Act, the following-
'Terrorist Organization" means any group or terrorist that-
(i) commits, or attempts to commit terrorist act by any means, directly or indirectly, unlawfully and willfully,
(ii) participates as an accomplice in terrorist acts,
(iii) organizes or directs others to commit terrorist acts, or
(iv) contributes to the commission of terrorist acts by a group of persons acting with a common purpose where the contribution is made intentionally and with the aim of furthering the terrorist act or with the knowledge of the
intention of the group to commit a terrorist act" ; and
(i) substituting for the words, "prosecuting agency" wherever they appear in the Principal Act, the words "prosecuting Authority" to mean "the Attorney-General of the Federation."