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Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act 2002

TONGA

CRIMINAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2002
No. 24 of 2002.

I assent,

AN ACT
TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENCES ACT

[16th of October 2002.]

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act 2002.

(2) The Criminal Offences Act (Cap. 18), as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

2. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new sections after section 78:

"Act of terrorism

78A. Every person who does an act of terrorism or threatens to do or does an act preparatory to or to further an act of terrorism commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to imprisonment not exceeding 25 years.

"Act of terrorism" defined

78B. "Act of terrorism" means an act which -

(a) may seriously damage a country or an international organisation;

(b) is intended or can reasonably be regarded as having been intended to -

(i) seriously intimidate a population;

(ii) unduly compel a Government or an international organisation to perform or abstain from performing any act; or

(iii) seriously destabilise or destroy the fundamental, political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organisation; and

(c) involves or causes -

(i) an attack upon a person's life which causes death;

(ii) an attack upon the physical integrity of a person;

(iii) the kidnapping of a person;

(iv) extensive destruction to a Government or public facility, a transport system, an infrastructure facility, including an information system, a fixed platform located on the continental shelf, a public place or private property, likely to endanger human life or result in major economic loss;

(v) the seizure of an aircraft, a ship or other means of public or goods transport;

(vi) the manufacture, possession, acquisition, transport, supply or use of weapons, explosives or of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons as well as research into, and development of biological and chemical weapons;

(vii) the release of dangerous substances, or causing of fires, explosions or floods, the effect of which is to endanger human life; or

(viii) interference with or disruption of the supply of water, power or any other fundamental natural resource, the effect of which is to endanger human life.

Additional penalties for acts of terrorism

78C. (1) The Court may in addition to any penalty imposed, under section 78A order the forfeiture of any-

(a) cash, with any accrued interest or terrorist property;

(b) article, substance, device or material by means of which the offence was committed; and

(c) vehicle or vessel used in the commission of the offence.

(2) "Terrorist property" means property which -

(a) has been, is being, or is likely to be used for an act of terrorism;

(b) is the proceeds of an act of terrorism; or

(c) is gathered for the pursuit of, or in conjunction with, an act of terrorism."

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 16 October, 2002.

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TONGA

KO E LAO
KE FAKATONUTONU `A E LAO KI HE NGAAHI HIA
Fika 24 `o e 2002.

`Oku ou loto ki ai,

[16 `o `Okatopa, 2002]

`OKU TU'UTU'UNI `e he Tu'i mo e Fale Alea `o Tonga `i he Fakataha Alea `a e Pule'anga `o pehe:

1. (1) `E ui `a e Lao ni ko e Lao (Fakatonutonu) ki he Ngaahi Hia 2002.

(2) `Oku ui `a e Lao ki he Ngaahi Hia (Vahe18), `i hono fakatonutonu, `i he Lao ni ko e Tefito'i Lao.

2. `Oku fakatonutonu `a e Tefito'i Lao `aki hono fakahu atu `a e ngaahi kupu fo'ou ko `eni hili `a e kupu 78:

"Ngaue tautoitoi

78A. Ko e taha kotoa pe `oku ne fakahoko ha ngaue tautoitoi pe fakamanamana ke fakahoko pe fakahoko ha ngaue teuteu pe poupou ki ha ngaue tautoitoi `oku ne fakahoko `a e hia pea kuo pau ke hilifaki ki ai `i ha'ane halaia ke ngaue popula `o `ikai laka hake `i he ta'u `e 25.

Faka^'uhinga `o e ngaue tautoitoi

78B. "Ngaue tautoitoi" `oku `uhinga ki ha ngaue `a is -

(a) to ne ala fakahoko ha maumau lahi ki ha fonua pe ha kautaha fakavaha'apule'anga;

(b) `oku fakataumu'a pe `oku taau ke pehe na'e fakataumu'a ke -

(i) fakamanamana'i lahi ha kakai;

(ii) fakamalohi'i ta'etotonu ha Pule'anga pe ko ha kautaha fakavaha'apule'anga ke fakahoko pe ta'ofi `a hono fakahoko `o ha ngaue; pe

(iii) uesia lahi `a e fakama'unga pe faka'auha `a e ngaahi tefito'i fa'unga fakapolitikale, fakakonisitutone, faka`ekonomika pe fakasosiale `o ha fonua pe ha kautaha fakavaha'apule'anga; pea

(c) `oku felave'i mo pe `oku ne fakatupu -

(i) ha `ohofi ki he mo'ui `o ha taha `o fakatupu ai ha mate;

(ii) ha `ohofi ki he angatonu fakasino `o ha taha;

(iii) `a e kaiha'asi `o ha taha;

(iv) maumau lahi ki ha feitu'u fakapule'anga pe fakatokolahi, ha fa'ahinga founga fe'alu'aki, ha feitu'u fokotu'utu'u, `o kau ai ha ngaahi founga ngaue fakakomipiuta, ha feitu'u tu'uma'u `oku tu'u `i he fata fakakoniteneniti', ha feitu'u kakai pe taautaha, `a is `oku ngalingali fakatu'utamaki ki he mo'ui `a e tangata pe `e tupu ai ha mole faka'ekonomika lahi;

(v) `a e puke `o ha vakapuna, ha vaka pe ko ha founga fe'alu'aki pe fetuku koloa kehe;

(vi) `a hono ngaohi, tauhi, ma'u mai, fetuku, fakatau atu pe ngaue'aki `o e me'atau, ngaahi `one pe me'atau `atomi, siemu pe kemikale `o kau ai mo e fakatotolo ki ai, mo e ngaue fakalakalaka ki ha me'atau siemu mo e kemikale;

(vii) `a hono tukuange atu `o ha me'a fakatu'utamaki, pe fakatupu `o ha vela, vela tupu mei he `one pe lomaki, ^,a is ko hono nunu'a ke fakatu'utamaki ki he mo'ui ^,a e tangata; pe

(viii) `a hono fakafe'atungia'i pe uesia `a e ma`u`anga vai, `uhila pe ko ha fa'ahinga tefito'i koloa fakanatula kehe ^,a is ko hono nunu'a ke fakatu'utamaki ki he mo'ui.

Ngaahi tautea kehe ki he tautoitoi ngaue

78C. (1) `E ngofua ki he Fakamaau'anga, `o tanaki atu ki ha tautea `oku hilifaki `i he kupu 78A, ke ne tu'utu'uni ke puke ha-

(a) pa'anga, fakataha mo ha tupu pe koloa tautoitoi;

(b) me'a, koloa, me'a ngaue pe naunau `a is na'e malava ai `a hono fakahoko `a e hia; mo

(c) me'alele pe vaka na'e ngaue'aki `i hono fakahoko `o e hia.

(2) "Koloa tautoitoi" `oku `uhinga ki he koloa `a is -

(a) kuo `osi, `oku lolotonga, pe `oku ngalingali `e ngaue'aki ki ha ngaue tautoitoi;

(b) ko ha ola fakapa'anga `o ha ngaue tautoitoi; pe

(c) `oku tanaki ki hono fakahoko, pe `oku felave'i mo, ha ngaue tautoitoi."

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