Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007 (a) causing or furthering an insurrection in Zimbabwe; or (b) causing the forcible resistance to the Government or the Defence Forces or any law enforcement agency; or (c) procuring by force the alteration of any law or policy of the Government; commits any act accompanied by the use or threatened use of weaponry with the intention or realising that there is a real risk or possibility of⎯ (i) killing or injuring any other person; or (ii) damaging or destroying any property; or (iii) inflicting substantial financial loss upon any other person; or (iv) obstructing or endangering the free movement in Zimbabwe of any traffic on land or water or in the air; or (v) disrupting or interfering with an essential service; shall be guilty of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism, whether or not any purpose referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is accomplished, and be liable⎯ A. where the act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism results in the death of a person, to be sentenced to death or to imprisonment for life; B. in any other case, to imprisonment for life or any shorter period. (2) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that where any act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism does not result in any of the consequences referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of subsection (1), the competent charge shall be one of attempting to commit an act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism. 24 Recruiting or training insurgents, bandits, saboteurs or terrorists Any person who intentionally⎯ (a) recruits, assists or encourages any other person to undergo training inside or outside Zimbabwe in order to commit any act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism in Zimbabwe; or (b) provides training to any person, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe, in order to commit any act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism in Zimbabwe; shall be guilty of recruiting or training an insurgent, bandit, saboteur or terrorist and liable to imprisonment for life or any shorter period. 25 Training as insurgent, bandit, saboteur or 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 commit any act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism in Zimbabwe shall be guilty of training as an insurgent, bandit, saboteur or terrorist and liable to imprisonment for life or any shorter period. (2) If it is proved in a prosecution for training as an insurgent, bandit, saboteur or terrorist that the accused attended or underwent a course of training whose effect was to enable that person to commit an act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism in Zimbabwe, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that he or she did so for that purpose. - 28 -

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