Cap. 11:21 Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Act No. 5/2007 PART II FOREIGN OR INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTIVITY AND RELATED OFFENCES 3 Engaging or participating in foreign or international terrorist activity (1) Any person who, whether or not he or she is a member of a foreign or international terrorist organisation, engages or participates in any foreign or international terrorist activity shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for life or any shorter period. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any person who, but for this subsection, would be regarded as engaging in mercenary activity within the meaning of “foreign or international terrorist activity” if such person— (a) participates in an armed conflict as a member of a lawfully constituted disciplined force of a State or international organisation with which Zimbabwe has diplomatic relations; (b) provides private military-related assistance to or on behalf of a State or an international organisation with which Zimbabwe has diplomatic relations. 4 Training as foreign or international terrorist (1) Any person who attends or undergoes any course of training, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe, for the purpose of enabling him or her to engage or participate in any foreign or international terrorist activity shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for life or any shorter period. (2) If it is proved in a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) that the accused person attended or underwent a course of training the effect of which was to enable that person to engage or participate in any foreign or international terrorist activity, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved on a balance of probabilities, that he or she did so for that purpose. 5 Recruiting or training foreign or international terrorists Any person who intentionally⎯ (a) recruits, assists or encourages any other person to undergo training inside or outside Zimbabwe in order to engage or participate in any foreign or international terrorist activity; or (b) provides training to any person, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe, in order to engage or participate in any foreign or international terrorist activity; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for life or any shorter period. 6 Possessing weaponry for the purposes of foreign or international terrorist activity (1) Any person who has any weaponry in his or her possession or under his or her control with the intention that such weaponry will be used for the purposes of foreign or international terrorist activity shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for life or any shorter period. (2) If it is proved in a prosecution under subsection (1) that⎯ (a) the accused person is a member, leader, promoter, officer or office-bearer of a foreign or international terrorist organisation; and (b) the accused person was in unlawful possession of any weaponry; and -5-