Section 44: Use of radioactive or nuclear material.

(1) A person who, without lawful authority, uses or disperses in any way, radioactive or nuclear material, or makes or uses a device—
(a) with the intent to cause—
(i) death or grievous bodily harm, or
(ii) substantial damage to property or the environment,
(b) to compel a natural or legal person, an international organisation, or a State to do or refrain from doing an act, or
(c) which causes or is likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm to any person or substantial damage to property or to the environment, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to —
(i) imprisonment for a term of not less than 20 years, or
(ii) a death penalty, where death results from the commission of the act.
(2) A person who threatens to commit an offence provided for in subsection (1), commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of at least 20 years.