 bill no  20  of  2018 the  unlawful  activities (prevention)  amendment bill, 2018 by shri chandrakant khaire, mp a billfurther to amend the unlawful activities (prevention) act, 1967be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called unlawful activities (prevention) amendment act, 2018(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement2 after section 23 of the unlawful activities (prevention) act, 1967, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:—| insertion    ||--------------|| new sections || 23a to 23c  |"23a (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, set up a special court in every state capital to try the offences of terrorist acts5(2) the special court shall consist of—setting up of special courts to try theoffences ofterrorist acts(a) two judges of the supreme court; (b) one judge from the high court to be appointed on rotation basis;(c) one retired judge of the supreme court; and (d) one retired judge of the high court,10to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed(3) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the judges mentioned under clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (2) shall be such as may be prescribed1523b the special court shall dispose of every case of terrorist act within a period of forty-five days from the date of framing of chargesspecial court to try cases within fortyfive days23c no appeal shall lie in any court against the order of the special court"restriction of appeal against the order of the specialcourt statement of objects and reasonsaccording to global terrorism report 2017, india is among top ten terrorism affected countries of the world in the year 2016, 929 terrorist attacks occured in  india which claimed the lives of 340 people the day of 28th november, 2008 is an unforgettable day on this day terrorist attack happened on india's financial capital, mumbai, after this attack india's gdp growth rate shrunk to 7 per cent yearly while india's gdp growth rate was moving ahead at the rate of 93 per cent till the year 2008 report released by moody's investors services said that terrorist attacks in india have impacted its economy negatively in the long run according to moody's its study tells that economic activities have been slowed considerably due to terrorist attacks and it impacted the economy in long termterrorism impacts the economy in many ways, apart from direct loss due to attacks, it is not easy to make conducive environment for the investors with the presence of terrorism on the other hand, widespread expenditure occurs on establishment and maintenance of anti-terrorism system, weapon, other defence materials, arrangement of human resources and training etc terrorism has also direct and deep ill-effects on tourismgovernment cost to take debt has risen due to terrorist attacks cost of debt had risen from 041 to 065 in countries worst affected by terrorism international monetary fund's researchers r bairry johnston and oana m nedelescu said in their paper, titled "the impact of terrorism on financial markets" issued in 2005, discusses some of the direct and indirect economic consequences of terrorism and inter alia states that—"the direct economic costs of terrorism, including the destruction of life and property, responses to the emergency, restoration of the systems and the infrastructure affected, and the provision of temporary living assistance, are most pronounced in the immediate aftermath of the attacks and thus matter more in the short runthe indirect costs of terrorism can be significant and have the potential to affect the economy in the medium term by undermining consumer and investor confidencefinally, over the longer term, there is a question of whether the attacks can have a negative impact on productivity by raising the costs of transactions through increased security measures, higher insurance premiums, and the increased costs of financial and other counter-terrorism regulations"according to global terrorism report 2017, india ranks on 8th place in the terrorism affected countries of the world country's status can be ascertained from this that india's condition is worse than libyathus, if india is to become economic and strategic power then it has to complete the judicial process within forty-five days against arrested terrorists to make india terror-free the need is to set up special courts in capital of every state to try the cases of terrorist acts and complete judicial process within forty-five days terrorists should not have right to appeal the central government should also ensure the compliance to the decision of special courts within ten days and it should be made mandatory to inform the special courts about the enforcement of punishment within prescribed time high security to terrorists and to keep them alive on state's spending increases the economic burden of the governmentthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the unlawful activities (prevention) act, 1967 with a view to set up special court in every state capitals to try the offences of terrorist acts punishable under the act it also provides for disposal of every case of terrorist act under the act within a period of forty-five days of occurrence of such terrorist act and make an order in this behalf it further provides for implementation of the decision of the special court by the central government within ten days of making such orderhence this billnew delhi;chandrakant  khairedecember 8, 2017 financial memorandumclause 2 of the bill provides for setting up special court in every state capitals to try the offences of terrorist acts the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees  five hundred crore  would be involved as recurring expenditure per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees  two hundred crore is also likely to be involved lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the unlawful activities (prevention) act, 1967————(shri chandrakant khaire, mp)gmgipmrnd—3689ls(s3)—23012018