Section 38: Use and discharge of BCRN weapons and other substances from a ship or fixed platform.

(1) A person who—
(a) uses against or on a ship or a fixed platform, or discharges from a ship or a fixed platform any explosive, radioactive material, or BCRN weapon in a manner that causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury or damage;
(b) discharges, from a ship or fixed platform, oil, liquefied natural gas, or other hazardous or noxious substance, which is not covered by paragraph (a) of this subsection, in such quantity or concentration that causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury or damage; or
(c) uses a ship in a manner that causes death or serious injury or damage, where the purpose of the act by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or an international organisation to do or to abstain from doing any act, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to—
(i) imprisonment for a term of at least 25 years, or
(ii) a death penalty, where death results from the commission of the act.
(2) A person who threatens to commit any of the acts provided under subsection (1), commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 25 years.