Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 — Section 11M: Cooperation with the Police

11M. Cooperation with the Police.__ (1) A person does not commit an offence under sections 11H to 11K, if he is acting with the express consent of a police officer not below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent; and

(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) under this section, a person does not commit an offence under sections 11H to 11K by involvement in a transaction or arrangement relating to money or other property if he discloses to a police officer:

(a)his suspicion or belief that the money or other property is terrorist property, and

(b)the information on which his suspicion or belief is based.

(3)Subsection (2) under this section applies only where a person makes a disclosure

(a)after he becomes concerned in the transaction concerned;

(b)on his own initiative; and

(c)as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(4)Subsection (2) under this section does not apply to a person if

(a)a police officer forbids him to continue his involvement in the transaction or arrangement to which the disclosure relates, and

(b)he continues his involvement.

(5)It is a defense for a person charged with an offence under section 11H to 11J to prove that:

(a)he intended to make a disclosure; and

(b)there is reasonable excuse for his failure to do so.