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TERRORISM (SUPPRESSION OF MISUSE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL)
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(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall on conviction—

(a) in any case where the person intends the use of, or damage to, the nuclear facility to cause the death of any individual, and death is caused—be subject to the same punishment as an act under section 300(a) of the Penal Code (Cap. 224); or
(b) in any other case—be punished with imprisonment for life.

Threatening to do act that would be offence under section 6 or 7

8. Any person who threatens to do any act that would be an offence under section 6 or 7 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.

Demands relating to radioactive material, Convention device or nuclear facility

9. A person (called in this section the offender) shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, if—

(a) the offender, intentionally and without lawful authority, demands that another person—
(i) make available to the offender, or to any other person, any radioactive material, Convention device or nuclear facility; or
(ii) give the offender, or any other person, access to any radioactive material, Convention device or nuclear facility; and
(b) the demand is made or accompanied by the use of force or by threats of any kind.