Part VI
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to any penalty to which he would be liable on conviction of the offence listed in subsection (2) which corresponds to the act which he incites.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) it is immaterial whether or not the person incited is in the United Kingdom at the time of the incitement.
(5) Nothing in this section imposes criminal liability on any person acting on behalf of, or holding office under, the Crown.
Scotland. 61.—(1) A person commits an offence if—
- (a) he incites another person to commit an act of terrorism wholly or partly outside the United Kingdom, and
- (b) the act would, if committed in Scotland, constitute one of the offences listed in subsection (2).
(2) Those offences are—
- (a) murder,
- (b) assault to severe injury, and
- (c) reckless conduct which causes actual injury.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable to any penalty to which he would be liable on conviction of the offence listed in subsection (2) which corresponds to the act which he incites.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) it is immaterial whether or not the person incited is in the United Kingdom at the time of the incitement.
(5) Nothing in this section imposes criminal liability on any person acting on behalf of, or holding office under, the Crown.
Terrorist bombing and finance offences
Terrorist bombing: jurisdiction. 62.—(1) If—
- (a) a person does anything outside the United Kingdom as an act of terrorism or for the purposes of terrorism, and
- (b) his action would have constituted the commission of one of the offences listed in subsection (2) if it had been done in the United Kingdom,
he shall be guilty of the offence.
(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1)(b) are—
- (a) an offence under section 2, 3 or 5 of the 1883 c. 3.Explosive Substances Act 1883 (causing explosions, &c.),
- (b) an offence under section 1 of the 1974 c. 6.Biological Weapons Act 1974 (biological weapons), and
- (c) an offence under section 2 of the 1996 c. 6.Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (chemical weapons).
Terrorist finance: jurisdiction. 63.—(1) If—
- (a) a person does anything outside the United Kingdom, and
- (b) his action would have constituted the commission of an offence under any of sections 15 to 18 if it had been done in the United Kingdom,
he shall be guilty of the offence.
