Anti-terrorism legislation designs various types of laws passed in the aim of fighting

terrorism. They usually, if not always, follow specific bombings or assassinations. Antiterrorism legislation usually includes specific amendments allowing the state to bypass its
own legislation when fighting terrorism-related crimes, under the grounds of necessity.
Critics often allege that anti-terrorism legislation endangers democracy by creating a state
of exception that allows authoritarian style of government.
The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill 2015 makes only minor changes in the
controversial Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill, including adding the word terrorism in the
name. However, it retains clauses such as permitting admissibility of evidence collected through interception of
mobile calls of an accused or through confessions made before an investigating officer, in a court of law.
The Gujarat government, at the time led by Narendra Modi, first introduced the GUJCOC Bill in 2003, with the
same clauses, including increasing the period to file chargesheet from 90 to 180 days, and laying down strict
conditions for bail to be given to the accused. The Bill was rejected by then President A P J Abdul Kalam in 2004,
demanding that the clause relating to interception of communication be removed. The NDA was in power at the
time.
CANADAS ANTI TERROR LAW PASSED 2015- This new anti-terror legislation would
provide the courts with the authority to order the takedown of terrorist propaganda - to
interfere with terrorists' efforts to radicalize and recruit others the same types of
authorities that currently exist for harmful materials such as child pornography and hate
propaganda. This legislation would also enable the sharing of information related to national
security, across federal departments and agencies, to ensure that authorities can better
identify those with terrorist links and intentions. It would also stop them from travelling by
air for terrorism purposes. This new legislation would make it easier for police to detain
suspected terrorists before they can harm Canadians, assist national security agencies in
preventing non-citizens who pose a threat from entering and remaining in Canada, and give
the Canadian Security Intelligence Service the ability to intervene against specific terror
plots.

Countering ISIL
Since early 2014, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL has been carrying out a
campaign of unspeakable atrocities against children, women and men, as well as religious and ethnic
communities in Iraq. Specifically, it has tortured and beheaded people, raped and sold women into slavery,
slaughtered minorities and kidnapped innocent victims. In Syria, ISIL has been perpetrating a campaign of
terror against innocent civilians and all those who oppose it in areas under its control.