Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024 17 bot, a statement which constitutes an offence under this Act, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine. PART IV MEASURES AGAINST ONLINE COMMUNICATION OF PROHIBITED STATEMENTS IN SRI LANKA 23. (1) A person aggrieved by the communication of a prohibited statement which is seen, heard or otherwise perceived by the users of internet based communication services (in this Act referred to as the “end users”) in Sri Lanka, by any other person, may either in writing or in electronic form, make a complaint providing information pertaining to such communication to the Commission. (2) The Commission shall designate such number of information officers from among the staff of the Commission as the Commission may deem necessary, from time to time, to receive information in relation to communication of a prohibited statement for the purpose of subsection (1). (3) (a) Every complaint shall set out all available details of the person or persons responsible for the making or communicating the prohibited statement, including, where available, details pertaining to the Universal Resource Locator (hereinafter referred to as the “URL”) or other identifying features of the location or number from which the prohibited statement was communicated or published, and such other details as may be prescribed. (b) Where it is possible to do so, the complainant shall serve a copy of the complaint to the person or persons making or communicating the prohibited statement and any internet service provider or internet intermediary. Providing information to the Commission on communication of prohibited statement