The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
20. Offence relating
to membership of a terrorist organization.-
1. A
person commits an offence if he belongs or professes to belong to a terrorist
organisation: Provided that this sub-section shall not apply where the person
charged is able to prove-
a. that the organisation
was not declared as a terrorist organisation at the time when he became a
member or began to profess to be a member; and
b. that he has not taken
part in the activities of the organisation at any time during its inclusion in
the Schedule as a terrorist organisation.
1.
2. A
person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on conviction,
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with fine or with both.