Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 — Section 11X: Responsibility for creating civil commotion

11X. Responsibility for creating civil commotion.__ (1) A person commits an offence if he makes any call for action or shut-down, imposed through the use of threats or force resulting in damage or destruction of property or injury to person, to intimidate citizens and prevent them from carrying out their lawful trade or business activity.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall on conviction be punishable with imprisonment for a term not less than 1[five years] and not more than 1[ten years] and shall pay compensation as may be determined by the court, from the funds of the organization to which he belongs or from his own personal resources or assets for the hurt or damage or destruction caused as a result of the commission of the offence under sub-section (1).

(3)A person commits an offence if he addresses a meeting or gathering or delivers a sermon to a religious gathering by any means whether verbal, written, electronic, digital or otherwise to incite religious, sectarian or ethnic hatred and contempt, and shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment not less than 1[five years] and not more than 1[ten years] or fine or with both.]