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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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