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10 Attempting to commit offence under section 4, 5, 6 or 7

10. Any person who attempts to commit an offence under section 4, 5, 6 or 7, or attempts to cause such an offence to be committed, and in such attempt does any act towards the commission of the offence, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years.

Extra-territoriality

11. Any person who, outside Singapore, commits an act that, if committed in Singapore, would constitute a nuclear terrorism offence is deemed to commit the act in Singapore and may be proceeded against, charged, tried and punished accordingly.

Assistance under Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

12.—(1) For the purposes of the provision of assistance under Part III of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Cap. 190A) to a Convention country for a criminal matter involving a relevant offence of that country, the relevant offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character.

(2) In this section—
 * “criminal matter” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act;
 * “relevant offence”, in relation to a Convention country, means an offence against the law of that country that consists of or includes conduct which, if the conduct occurred in Singapore, would constitute a nuclear terrorism offence.

Extradition

13.—(1) Every nuclear terrorism offence is deemed to be an extraditable crime for the purposes of Parts III and IV of the Extradition Act (Cap. 103).

(2) For the purposes of the Extradition Act, the term “extradition crime”, in relation to a Convention country that is a declared Commonwealth country, is deemed to include a relevant offence.