11 Membership.U.K.
(1)A person commits an offence if he belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation.
(2)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove—
(a)that the organisation was not proscribed on the last (or only) occasion on which he became a member or began to profess to be a member, and
(b)that he has not taken part in the activities of the organisation at any time while it was proscribed.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F114] years, to a fine or to both, or
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
(4)In subsection (2) “proscribed” means proscribed for the purposes of any of the following—
(a)this Act;
(b)the M1Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996;
(c)the M2Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991;
(d)the M3Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989;
(e)the M4Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984;
(f)the M5Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978;
(g)the M6Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976;
(h)the M7Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1974;
(i)the M8Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 11(3)(a) substituted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 26(1)(a), 50(2)(m) (with s. 26(3))
Marginal Citations