The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2008
Section 6. Substitution of new section for Section 17
For Section 17 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-
“17. Punishment for raising funds for terrorist act.-Whoever, in India or in a foreign country, directly or indirectly, raises or collects funds or provides funds to any person or persons or attempts to provide funds to any person or persons, knowing that such funds are likely to be used by such person or persons to commit a terrorist act, notwithstanding whether such funds were actually used or not for commission of such act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.”
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2008