Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. - as used in this Act:

(a)Critical Infrastructureshall refer to an asset or system, whether physical or virtual, so essential to the maintenance of vital societal functions or to the delivery of essential public services that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on national defense and security, national economy, public health or safety, there administration of justice, and other functions analogous thereto. It may include, but is not limited to, an asset or system affecting telecommunications, water and energy supply, emergency services, food security, fuel supply, banking and finance, transportation, radio and television, information systems and technology, chemical and nuclear sectors;

(b)Designated Personshall refer to: Any individual, group of persons, organizations, or associations designated and/or identified by the United Nations Security Council, or another jurisdiction, or supranational jurisdiction as a terrorist, one who finances terrorism, or a terrorist organization or group; or

Any person, organization, association, or group of persons designated under paragraph 3 Section 25 of this Act.

For purposes of this Act, the above definition shall be in addition to the definition of designated persons under Section 3(e) of Republic Act No. 10168, otherwise known as the "Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012".

(c)Extraordinary Renditionshall refer to the transfer of a person, suspected of being a terrorist or supporter of a terrorist organization, association, or group of persons to a foreign nation for imprisonment and interrogation on behalf of the transferring nation. The extraordinary rendition may be done without framing any formal charges, trial, or approval of the court.

(d)International Organizationshall refer to an organization established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality;

(e)Material Supportshall refer to any property, tangible or intangible, or service, including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safe houses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel (one or more individuals who may be or include oneself), and transportation;

(f)Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destructionshall refer to the transfer and export of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons, their means of delivery and related materials;

(g)Proposal to Commit Terrorismis committed when a person who has decided to commit any of the crimes defined and penalized under the provisions of this Act proposes its execution to some other person or persons;

(h)Recruitshall refer to any act to encourage other people to join a terrorist individual or organization, association or group of persons proscribed under Section 26 of this Act, or designated by the United Nations Security Council as a terrorist organization, or organized for the purposed of engaging in terrorism;

(i)Surveillance Activitiesshall refer to the act of tracking down, following, or investigating individual or organizations; or the tapping, listening, intercepting, and recording of messages, conversations, discussions, spoken or written words including computer and network surveillance, and other communications of individuals engaged in terrorism as defined hereunder;

(j)Supranational Jurisdictionshall refer to an international organization or union in which the power and influence of member states transcend national boundaries or interests to share in decision-making and vote on issues concerning the collective body , i.e. the European Union;

(k)Trainingshall refer to the giving of instruction or teaching designed to impart a specific skill in relation to terrorism as defined hereunder, as opposed to general knowledge;

(l)Terrorist Individualshall refer to any natural person who commits any of the acts defined and penalized under Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of this Act;

(m)Terrorist Organization, Association or Group of Personsshall refer to any entity organized for the purpose of engaging in terrorism, or those proscribe under Section 26 hereof of the United Nations Security Council-designated terrorist organization; and

(n)Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)shall refer to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons which are capable of a high order of destruction or causing mass casualties. It excludes the means of transporting or propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible part from the weapon.