Cap. 11:21
Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Act
No. 5/2007
(c) the weaponry consists of any weapon, firearm or ammunition⎯
(i) referred to in section 24 (“Special provisions relating to certain types of
weapons and ammunition”) of the Firearms Act [Chapter 10:09]; or
(ii) for the purchase, acquisition or possession of which the accused person has no
good ostensible reason; or
(iii) that was part of a cache or was found in the possession of the accused person in
such a quantity as cannot be accounted for by reason of personal use alone;
it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved on a balance of probabilities, that the accused
person possessed the weaponry with the intention that it should be used for the purposes of
foreign or international terrorist activity.
(3) A person charged with an offence under subsection (1) may be found guilty of⎯
(a) contravening section 27 (“Possessing weaponry for insurgency, banditry, sabotage or
terrorism”) of the Criminal Law Code; or
(b) contravening section 28 (“Possession of dangerous weapons”) of the Criminal Law
Code; or
(c) contravening section 4 (“Penalty for purchasing firearms or ammunition without
firearm certificate”) of the Firearms Act [Chapter 10:09];
if such are the facts proved.
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Harbouring, concealing or failing to report foreign or international terrorist
(1) Any person who, knowing that another person is a foreign or an international terrorist,
intentionally harbours or conceals that other person shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine not exceeding level fourteen or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years or to
both such fine and such imprisonment.
(2) Any person who becomes aware of the presence in Zimbabwe of another person whom
he or she knows to be a foreign or an international terrorist and who⎯
(a) fails, within the period prescribed in subsection (3), to report to an official the presence
of that other person in Zimbabwe and any information which is in his or her power to
give in relation to that other person; or
(b) upon being questioned by an official, intentionally⎯
(i) omits or refuses to disclose to the official any information which is in his or her
power to give in relation to that other person; or
(ii) gives the official false information in relation to that other person;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level ten or to imprisonment for a
period not exceeding five years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(3) A person shall make a report in terms of subsection (2)(a) within seventy-two hours or
as soon as is reasonably practicable after he or she becomes aware of the presence in Zimbabwe
of the foreign or international terrorist concerned.
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