Thursday, August 26, 2004
Since sensationalism is the order of the day...
Further to my previous post, this from the "TERRORISM SUPPRESSION ACT 2002 PART 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 5. Terrorist act defined" and skipping to section 2 (note - this Act applies to residents of, and actions within New Zealand).
I know that relating this piece of legislation to Mutu's comments could be considered 'reaching' - but threatening to bring home Palestine to stop a piece of legislation did make Part B ring a bell.
(2)An act falls within this subsection if it is intended to cause, in any 1 or more countries, 1 or more of the outcomes specified in subsection (3), and is carried out for the purpose of advancing an ideological, political, or religious cause, and with the following intention:
(a)to induce terror in a civilian population; or
(b)to unduly compel or to force a government or an international organisation to do or abstain from doing any act.
