Section 11F: Membership, support and meetings relating to a Proscribed Organization

11F. Membership, support and meetings relating to a Proscribed Organization: (1) A person is guilty of an offence if he belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organization. (2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction to a term not exceeding six months imprisonment and a fine. (3) A person commits an offence if he: (a) solicits or invites support for a proscribed organization, and the support is not, or is not restricted to, the provisions of money or other property; or (b) arranges, manages or assists in managing, or addressing a meeting which he knows is: (i) to support a proscribed organization; (ii) to further the activities of a proscribed organization; or (iii) to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organization. (4) A person commits an offence if he addresses a meeting, or delivers a sermon to a religious gathering, by any means whether verbal, written, electronic, digital or otherwise, and the purpose of his address or sermon, is to encourage support for a proscribed organization or to further its activities. (5) A person commits an offence if he solicits, collects or raises 1[money or other property] for a proscribed organization. (6) A person guilty of an offence under subsections (3), (4) and (5) shall be liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not less than one year and not more than five years and a fine.

Effective date: 1997-08-16

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