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UNITED NATIONS (ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES) ORDINANCE 9. Prohibition on supply of weapons to terrorists and terrorist associates

A person shall not provide or collect, by any means, directly or indirectly, weapons—
 * (a) with the intention that the weapons be directly or indirectly supplied to or otherwise used by; or
 * (b) knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that the weapons will be directly or indirectly supplied to or otherwise used by,

a person who the first-mentioned person knows or has reasonable grounds to believe is a terrorist or terrorist associate.

10. Prohibition on recruitment, etc. to persons specified in notices under section 4(1) and (2)

(1) A person shall not—
 * (a) recruit another person to become a member of, or to serve in any capacity with; or
 * (b) become a member of, or begin to serve in any capacity with,

a person specified in a notice under section 4(1) or (2).

(2) Where a person is a member of, or is serving in any capacity with, a person specified in a notice under section 4(1) or (2) immediately before the date of publication in the Gazette of the notice, the first-mentioned person shall take all practicable steps to cease to be such a member or to cease to so serve, as the case may be.

11. Prohibition against false threats of terrorist acts

(1) A person shall not communicate or make available by any means any information which he knows or believes to be false to another person with the intention of causing alarm to the public or a section of the public by a false belief that a terrorist act has been, is being or will be carried out.

(2) A person shall not—
 * (a) place any article or substance in any place; or
 * (b) despatch any article or substance by post, rail or by any other means of sending things from one place to another,

with the intention of causing alarm to the public or a section of the public by a false belief that—
 * (c) the article or substance is likely to explode or ignite and thereby cause personal injury or damage to property; or
 * (d) the article contains or the substance consists of—