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(17) For the purpose of subsection (16), a person has
“editorial control over an online location” if the person is
able to decide(a) whether any statement may be included or excluded
on the online location; or
(b) where to place any statement on the online location.
(18) Upon a declaration being suspended, varied or
cancelled under subsection (16), the Commission shall(a) publish, in such form and manner as may be
prescribed, a notice of the suspension, variation or
cancellation in the Gazette; and
(b) make reasonable efforts to give a copy of such notice
to the owner or operator of the declared online
location.
Certain persons
not to
communicate in
Sri Lanka, paid
content on
declared online
locations, & c.
29. (1) An internet service provider must take reasonable
steps (both in and outside Sri Lanka) to ensure that, after a
prescribed period commencing on the date a declaration
made under section 28 comes into effect, any paid content
that it includes or causes to be included on a declared online
location, is not communicated in Sri Lanka on the declared
online location.
(2) An internet intermediary must take reasonable steps
(both in and outside Sri Lanka) to ensure that, after a
prescribed period commencing on the date a declaration
made under section 28 comes into effect, any paid content
that it includes or causes to be included on a declared online
location is not communicated in Sri Lanka on the declared
online location.
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