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NO. 16 OF 2002


(b) in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person, in Singapore, for an offence involving the commission, preparation or instigation of a terrorism financing offence,

who fails to disclose the information immediately to a police officer shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.

(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for not making the disclosure.

(3) No criminal or civil proceedings shall lie against a person for any disclosure made in good faith under this section.

PART IV
SEIZURE, FREEZING AND CONFISCATION OF TERRORIST PROPERTY

Application for warrant for seizure and order for restraint of property

11.—(1) A Judge may, on an ex parte application by the Attorney-General, after examining the application in private and if satisfied that there is in any building, receptacle or place any property in respect of which an order of forfeiture may be made under section 24, issue—

(a) if the property is situated in Singapore, a warrant authorising any police officer, or person named in the warrant—
(i) to search the building, receptacle or place for that property; and
(ii) to seize that property and any other property which that police officer or person believes, on reasonable grounds, that an order of forfeiture may be made under that section; or
(b) whether the property is situated in or outside Singapore, a restraint order prohibiting any person from disposing of, or