1[Whoever does any act with intent to threaten or likely to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India or with intent to strike terror or likely to strike terror in the people or any section of the people in India or in any foreign country,--
(a) by using bombs, dynamite or other explosive substances or inflammable substances or firearms or other lethal weapons or poisonous or noxious gases or other chemicals or by any other substances (whether biological radioactive, nuclear or otherwise) of a hazardous nature or by any other means of whatever nature to cause or likely to cause--
(i) death of, or injuries to, any person or persons; or
(ii) loss of, or damage to, or destruction of, property; or
(iii) disruption of any supplies or services essential to the life of the community in India or in any foreign country; or
(iv) damage or destruction of any property in India or in a foreign country used or intended to be used for the defence of India or in connection with any other purposes of the Government of India, any State Government or any of their agencies; or
(b) overawes by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force or attempts to do so or causes death of any public functionary or attempts to cause death of any public functionary; or
(c) detains, kidnaps or abducts any person and threatens to kill or injure such person or does any other act in order to compel the Government of India, any State Government or the Government of a foreign country or any other person to do or abstain from doing any act,
commits a terrorist act.
Explanation.- For the purpose of this section, public functionary means the constitutional authorities and any other functionary notified in the Official Gazette by the Central Government as a public functionary.]
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1. Substituted by the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2008, For:-
"Whoever, withintent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India or tostrike terror in the people or any section of the people in India or in anyforeign country, does any act by using bombs, dynamite orother explosive substances or inflammable substancesor firearms or otherlethal weapons or poisons or noxious gases or other chemicals or by any other substances (whether biological or otherwise) of a hazardous nature, in such a manner as to cause, or likely tocause, death of, or injuries to any person or persons or loss of, or damage to,or destruction of, property or disruption of any supplies or services essentialto the life of the community in India or in any foreign country or causes damageor destruction of any property or equipment used or intended to be used for thedefence of India or in connection with anyother purposes of the Governmentof India, any State Government or any of their agencies, or detains any personand threatens to kill or injure such person in orderto compel the Government in India or the Government of a foreign country or anyother person to do or abstainfrom doing any act, commits a terrorist act."