Section 16: Concealing of information about acts of terrorism.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3), a person who has information and knows or believes the information to be of material assistance in—
(a) preventing the commission of an act of terrorism, by any person or an entity, or
(b) securing the apprehension, prosecution, or conviction of a person for an offence under this Act, and fails to disclose the information to the relevant agency, as soon as practicable, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 20 years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not require disclosure by a legal practitioner of any information, belief or suspicion based on any information, which he obtained in privileged circumstances.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), information is obtained by a legal practitioner in privileged circumstances, where it is disclosed to the legal practitioner by—
(a) a client, in connection with the provisions of legal advice, not being a disclosure with a view to furthering a criminal purpose or concealing a crime; or
(b) any person for the purpose of actual or contemplated legal proceeding, and not with a view to furthering a criminal purpose or concealing a crime.