Section 83.18 — Criminal Code: Participation in activity of terrorist group

Every person who knowingly participates in or contributes to, directly or indirectly, any activity of a terrorist group for the purpose of enhancing the ability of any terrorist group to facilitate or carry out a terrorist activity is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years. An offence may be committed under subsection (1) whether or not a terrorist group actually facilitates or carries out a terrorist activity; the participation or contribution of the accused actually enhances the ability of a terrorist group to facilitate or carry out a terrorist activity; or the accused knows the specific nature of any terrorist activity that may be facilitated or carried out by a terrorist group. Participating in or contributing to an activity of a terrorist group includes providing, receiving or recruiting a person to receive training; providing or offering to provide a skill or an expertise for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group; recruiting a person in order to facilitate or commit a terrorism offence, or an act or omission outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would be a terrorism offence; entering or remaining in any country for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group; and making oneself, in response to instructions from any of the persons who constitute a terrorist group, available to facilitate or commit a terrorism offence, or an act or omission outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would be a terrorism offence. In determining whether an accused participates in or contributes to any activity of a terrorist group, the court may consider, among other factors, whether the accused uses a name, word, symbol or other representation that identifies, or is associated with, the terrorist group; frequently associates with any of the persons who constitute the terrorist group; receives any benefit from the terrorist group; or repeatedly engages in activities at the instruction of any of the persons who constitute the terrorist group.