SECTION I. ACTUS REUS

243. RECEIVING TRAINING – Together with the offence of providing instruction or training, the legislature introduced the offence of receiving training for terrorism. It stated that it made operational and logical sense to also criminalise the person who receives the training. The wording of this offence also closely resembles that of the Directive.1262 Article 140quinquies CC criminalises anybody who, in Belgium or abroad, receives instruction or training as described in Article 140quater CC. The Article explicitly refers to Article 140quater CC with regard to the type of instruction or training, so anything said there (see no. 235) is also applicable here.1263 The training can be in person or via the internet for example.1264 Once more, the Criminal Code states this Article is applicable without prejudice to the application of Article 140 CC.

244. SELF-STUDY – The legislature added a new section to Article 140quinquies CC in 2019. While for the Articles 140bis, 140ter and 140quater CC, it added an aggravating circumstance, in Article 140quinquies CC, it added a second offence. The actus reus of this offence is: in Belgium or abroad, acquiring knowledge yourself or educating yourself in the matters referred to in Article 140quater CC. Because of the wording of the first section, it is generally accepted that its scope only covers people receiving training from somebody e