[1. Short title, extent and application.—(1) This Act may be called the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967).
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Act for every act or omission contrary to the
provisions thereof, of which he is held guilty in India.
(4) Any person, who commits an offence beyond India, which is punishable under this Act, shall be
dealt with according to the provisions of this Act in the same manner as if such act had been committed in
India.
(5) The provisions of this Act apply also to—
(a) citizens of India outside India;
(b) persons in the service of the Government, wherever they may be; and
(c) persons on ships and aircrafts, registered in India, wherever they may be.
2. Definitions.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “association” means any combination or body of individuals;
(b) “cession of a part of the territory of India” includes admission of the claim of any foreign
country to any such part;
1. Ins. by Act 29 of 2004, s. 2 (w.e.f. 21-9-2004).
2. Ins. by Act 35 of 2008, s. 2 (w.e.f. 31-12-2008).
3. Subs. by Act 29 of 2004, s. 4, for sections 1, 2, 2A (w.e.f 21-9-2004).
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(c) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974);
(d) “court” means a criminal court having jurisdiction, under the Code, to try offences under this
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[and includes a Special Court constituted under section 11 or under 2
[section 22] of the National
Investigation Agency Act, 2008];
(e) “Designated Authority” means such officer of the Central Government not below the rank of
Joint Secretary to that Government, or such officer of the State Government not below the rank of
Secretary to that Government, as the case may be, as may be specified by the Central Government or
the State Government, by notification published in the Official Gazette;
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[(ea) “economic security” includes financial, monetary and fiscal stability, security of means of
production and distribution, food security, livelihood security, energy security, ecological and
environmental security;]
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[(eb)] “Order” means the Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Implementation of
Security Council Resolutions) Order, 2007, as may be amended from time to time;]
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[(ec) “person” includes—
(i) an individual,
(ii) a company,
(iii) a firm,
(iv) an organisation or an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether
incorporated or not,
(v) every artificial juridical person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses, and
(vi) any agency, office or branch owned or controlled by any person falling within any of the
preceding sub-clauses;]
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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[(g) “proceeds of terrorism” means,—
(i) all kinds of properties which have been derived or obtained from commission of any
terrorist act or have been acquired through funds traceable to a terrorist act, irrespective of person
in whose name such proceeds are standing or in whose possession they are found; or
(ii) any property which is being used, or is intended to be used, for a terrorist act or for the
purpose of an individual terrorist or a terrorist gang or a terrorist organisation.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this Act, it is hereby declared that the expression
“proceeds of terrorism” includes any property intended to be used for terrorism;]
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[(h) “property” means property and assets of every description whether corporeal or incorporeal,
movable or immovable, tangible or intangible and legal documents, deeds and 7
[instruments in any
form including but not limited to] electronic or digital, evidencing title to, or interest in, such property
or assets by means of bank credits, travellers’ cheques, bank cheques, money orders, shares,
securities, bonds, drafts, letters of credit, cash and bank account including fund, however acquired;
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[a Schedule] to this Act;]
1. Ins. by Act 35 of 2008, s. 3 (w.e.f. 31-12-2008).
2. Subs. by Act 28 of 2019, s. 2 for “section 21” (w.e.f. 14-8-2019).
3. Ins. by Act 3 of 2013, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-2-2013).
4. Clause (ea) renumbered clause (eb) thereof by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-2013).
5. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for clause (g) (w.e.f. 1-2-2013).
6. Subs. by Act 35 of 2008, s. 3, for clause (h) (w.e.f. 31-12-2008).
7. Subs. by Act 3 of 2013, s. 2, for “instruments in any form including” (w.e.f. 1-2-2013).
8. Subs. by Act 28 of 2019, s. 2 for “the Schedule” (w.e.f. 14-8-2019).
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(i) “secession of a part of the territory of India from the Union” includes the assertion of any
claim to determine whether such part will remain a part of the territory of India;
(j) “State Government”, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof;
(k) “terrorist act” has the meaning assigned to it in section 15, and the expressions “terrorism”
and “terrorist” shall be construed accordingly;
(l) “terrorist gang” means any association, other than terrorist organisation, whether systematic or
otherwise, which is concerned with, or involved in, terrorist act;
(m) “terrorist organisation” means an organisation listed in the 1
[First Schedule] or an
organisation operating under the same name as an organisation so listed;
(n) “Tribunal” means the Tribunal constituted under section 5;
(o) “unlawful activity”, in relation to an individual or association, means any action taken by such
individual or association (whether by committing an act or by words, either spoken or written, or by
signs or by visible representation or otherwise),—
(i) which is intended, or supports any claim, to bring about, on any ground whatsoever, the
cession of a part of the territory of India or the secession of a part of the territory of India from
the Union, or which incites any individual or group of individuals to bring about such cession or
secession; or
(ii) which disclaims, questions, disrupts or is intended to disrupt the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of India; or
(iii) which causes or is intended to cause disaffection against India;
(p) “unlawful association” means any association,—
(i) which has for its object any unlawful activity, or which encourages or aids persons to
undertake any unlawful activity, or of which the members undertake such activity; or
(ii) which has for its object any activity which is punishable under section 153A (45 of 1860)
or section 153B of the Indian Penal Code, or which encourages or aids persons to undertake any
such activity, or of which the members undertake any such activity:
Provided that nothing contained in sub-clause (ii) shall apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir;
(q) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code shall have the
meanings respectively assigned to them in the Code.
(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment or any provision thereof shall, in relation to an area in
which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding
law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.]