Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 5 - THE SECURITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH  

Part 5.3A - State sponsors of terrorism  

Division 111 - State terrorist acts etc.  

Subdivision A - Activities relating to state terrorist acts  

SECTION 111.2   Engaging in state terrorist acts  

(1)    
A person commits an offence if:

(a)    the person engages in a state terrorist act; and

(b)    either:

(i) the person is an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident; or

(ii) the terrorist act is targeted at Australia; and

(c)    if the person is a foreign state entity or a member of a foreign state entity - the entity is a state sponsor of terrorism.

Example:

A state terrorist act is engaged in jointly by a state sponsor of terrorism ( entity A ), a foreign state entity ( entity B ) that is not a state sponsor of terrorism and an entity ( entity C ) that is not a foreign state entity. The offence in subsection (1) applies to the conduct of entities A and C but not entity B.

Penalty: Imprisonment for life.

(2)    
Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(c) .