5. Making Convention device
Feedback & supportA person shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term which may extend to life imprisonment, if —
the person, intentionally and without lawful authority, makes any Convention device; and
Convention device
“Convention device” means —(a)an explosive or incendiary device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation; or(b)a device that releases or disseminates radioactive material or emits radiation, and that may, owing to its radiological properties, cause —(i)the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual; or(ii)substantial damage to property or to the environment;
the person intends that the Convention device be used to cause —
the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any individual; or
substantial damage to property or to the environment.