Part III
- (b) the information on which his suspicion or belief is based.
(3) Subsection (2) applies only where a person makes a disclosure—
- (a) after he becomes concerned in the transaction concerned,
- (b) on his own initiative, and
- (c) as soon as is reasonably practicable.
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if—
- (a) a constable forbids him to continue his involvement in the transaction or arrangement to which the disclosure relates, and
- (b) he continues his involvement.
(5) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under any of sections 15(2) and (3) and 16 to 18 to prove that—
- (a) he intended to make a disclosure of the kind mentioned in subsections (2) and (3), and
- (b) there is reasonable excuse for his failure to do so.
(6) Where—
- (a) a person is in employment, and
- (b) his employer has established a procedure for the making of disclosures of the same kind as may be made to a constable under subsection (2),
this section shall have effect in relation to that person as if any reference to disclosure to a constable included a reference to disclosure in accordance with the procedure.
(7) A reference in this section to a transaction or arrangement relating to money or other property includes a reference to use or possession.
Penalties. 22. A person guilty of an offence under any of sections 15 to 18 shall be liable—
- (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, to a fine or to both, or
- (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
Forfeiture. 23.—(1) The court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under any of sections 15 to 18 may make a forfeiture order in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 15(1) or (2) or 16 the court may order the forfeiture of any money or other property—
- (a) which, at the time of the offence, he had in his possession or under his control, and
- (b) which, at that time, he intended should be used, or had reasonable cause to suspect might be used, for the purposes of terrorism.
(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 15(3) the court may order the forfeiture of any money or other property—
- (a) which, at the time of the offence, he had in his possession or under his control, and
