22 Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024 (9) Where the person against whom any order is made under this section fails to comply with such order within the period and in the manner ordered by the Magistrate, such person commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding two million rupees and the Magistrate may order the Commission to take steps to (a) disable access by end users in Sri Lanka to the online location containing such communication of the prohibited statement in Sri Lanka; or (b) remove the relevant communication of the prohibited statement in Sri Lanka from the online location containing such communication. Disclosure of identity information 25. (1) Where any person is aggrieved by the communication of a prohibited statement and the information necessary to serve a copy of the complaint under subsection (3) of section 23 is not available, such person shall specify the absence of such information in the complaint made under subsection (1) of section 23. (2) In the event of the receipt of a complaint referred to in subsection (1), the Commission shall make an application to the Magistrate’s Court by way of petition and affidavit seeking a conditional order directing the internet intermediary on whose online location such prohibited statement was communicated, to disclose the information regarding the identity of the person who communicated the prohibited statement. (3) The Magistrate may upon being satisfied that –

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