President nod for Ordinance to counter terrorism

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, OCT. 24. The President, Mr. K.R.Narayanan, today gave his assent to the Ordinance to counter terrorism, which is considered to be tougher than the lapsed TADA.

The approval came after a detailed scrutiny by the President, as strong reservations had been expressed by opposition parties as well as human rights groups.

The Cabinet had decided to promulgate the Ordinance a few days ago and immediately afterwards, Opposition parties had assailed the move.

While providing for safeguards against terrorism, the Ordinance spells out new offences under which non-disclosure of information regarding terrorists would be an offence.

The Ordinance casts a duty on persons knowingly in possession of information relating to offences under it to inform the authorities and makes failure to do so a punishable offence.

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