Terrorism (Suppression of Misuse of Radioactive Material) Act 2017

an explosive or incendiary device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation; or

a device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation, and that may, owing to its radiological properties, cause —

the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual; or

substantial damage to property or to the environment;

the armed forces of a country, which are organised, trained and equipped under its internal law for the primary purpose of national defence or security;

civilians who direct or organise the official activities of those armed forces; or

civilians acting in support of the official activities of those armed forces, if those civilians are under the formal command, control and responsibility of those forces;

any nuclear reactor (including a nuclear reactor installed on any vessel, vehicle, aircraft or space object for use as an energy source for propelling that vessel, vehicle, aircraft or space object, or for any other purpose); or

any plant or conveyance used for the production, storage, processing or transport of radioactive material;

plutonium, except plutonium with an isotopic concentration of plutonium‑238 exceeding 80%;

uranium‑233;

uranium containing uranium‑233 or uranium‑235 or both in such an amount that the abundance ratio of the sum of those isotopes to uranium‑238 is greater than the ratio of uranium‑235 to uranium‑238 occurring in nature;

uranium with an isotopic concentration equal to that occurring in nature, but not in the form of ore or ore residue; or

any material containing one or more of the materials mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d);

an offence under section 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10;

an abetment of or a conspiracy to commit an offence under section 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9; or

an act by a person that would make the person liable for an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) by virtue of section 34 or 35 of the Penal Code 1871;

that contains one or more nuclides that undergo spontaneous disintegration accompanied by the emission of one or more types of ionising radiation; and

that, owing to its radiological or fissile properties, may cause —

the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual; or

substantial damage to property or to the environment.

the person, intentionally and without lawful authority, uses in any way any radioactive material or Convention device; and

the person intends the use of the radioactive material or Convention device —

to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual;

to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or

to compel any other person, or any international organisation or government, to do or refrain from doing any act.

in any case where the person intends the use of the radioactive material or Convention device 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 1871; or

in any other case — be punished with imprisonment for life.

the person, intentionally and without lawful authority, uses or damages a nuclear facility in a manner that causes, or creates a risk of, the release of radioactive material; and

the person intends the use of, or damage to, the nuclear facility —

to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual;

to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or

to compel any other person, or any international organisation or government, to do or refrain from doing any act.

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 1871; or

in any other case — be punished with imprisonment for life.

a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act 1968 may be made applying that Act as if there were an extradition treaty between Singapore and that Convention country; but(b)subject to subsection (4), where the Extradition Act 1968 is applied under paragraph (a), that Act has effect in relation to that Convention country as if the only extradition crimes under that Act were the relevant offences of that country.

an extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a Convention country; and

the treaty does not provide for the extradition of persons accused of or convicted of a relevant offence of that country,a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act 1968 may be made applying that Act in relation to that country as if the treaty provided for the matter mentioned in paragraph (b).

any act, wherever committed, is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of a Convention country that is a declared Commonwealth country, if that act is a relevant offence of that Convention country;

any act, wherever committed, is deemed to be an offence within the jurisdiction of a Convention country that is not a declared Commonwealth country, and in relation to which the Extradition Act 1968 has been applied by a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of that Act, if that act is a relevant offence of that Convention country; and

any such offence is deemed not to be an offence of a political character.

constitute a nuclear terrorism offence; or

be a nuclear terrorism offence if the description of the offence contained a reference to any intent or state of mind on the part of the person committing the offence, or to any circumstance of aggravation, necessary to constitute the offence.