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 subsection
(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.
12. Jurisdiction of 2[Antiterrorism Court].— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Code or in any other law, a scheduled offence committed in an area in a Province 3[or the Islamabad
Capital Territory] shall be triable only by the 2[Antiterrorism Court] exercising territorial jurisdiction
in relation to such area.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), if, in respect of a case involving a
scheduled offence committed in any area, the Government, having regard to the facts and
circumstances of the case, is satisfied that in order to ensure a fair trial, or for the protection and
safety of witnesses, that such offence should be tried by 2[an Antiterrorism Court] established in
relation to any other area, the Government may make a declaration to that effect.
Explanation. Where 2[an Antiterrorism Court] is established in relation to two or more areas,
such 2[Antiterrorism Court] shall be deemed, for the purpose of this subsection, to have been
established in relation to each of such areas.
(3) Where a declaration is made in respect of an offence committed in an area in a Province 3[or
the Islamabad Capital Territory] any prosecution in respect of such offence shall be instituted only in
the 2[Antiterrorism Court] established in relation to such area, and , if any prosecution in respect of
such offence is pending immediately before such declaration in any other court, the same shall stand
transferred to such 2[Antiterrorism Court] and such 2[Antiterrorism Court] shall proceed with such
case from the stage at which it was pending at the time without the necessity of recalling any
witnesses.
4[13. Establishment of Antiterrorism Court. (1) For the purpose of providing for the speedy
trial of the cases 3[under this Act] and of scheduled offences, the Federal Government, or if so
directed by the Government, the Provincial Government may establish by notification one or more
Antiterrorism Courts in relation to 5[each territorial area as specified by the High Court concerned].
(2) Where more Antiterrorism Courts than one have been established in any area, the
Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court shall 5[designate a judge of any
such Court to be an administrative judge] and all cases trial under this Act pertaining to the said area
shall be filed before the 5[said court and such judge may either try the case himself] or , assign any
case, or cases, for trial to any other Antiterrorism Court at any time prior to the framing of the
charge. The cases shall be assigned to a court one case at a time:
1 Subs. by the Act No. II of 2005, s. 5.
2 Subs. by the Ordinance No. XIII of 1999, s. 2.
3 Ins. by the Antiterrorism (Second Amdt.) Act, 2013 (XX of 2013), ss. 10 and 11.
4 Subs. by the Antiterrorism (Amdt.) Ordinance, 2002 (6 of 2002), s. 2.
5 Subs. and shall be deemed to have always been so subs. by the Antiterrorism (Second Amdt.) Ordinance. 2002 (134 of 2002).
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