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| (1) Where the public and the press have been excluded from any proceedings of a commission of inquiry, no person shall print or publish those proceedings or any part thereof except with the permission of the commission given in writing under the hand of the chairman of the commission or, if the commission consists of a sole commissioner, under the hand of such commissioner. |
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| (3) No person shall, before the publication of the report of a commission of inquiry under the order of the Governor-General, print or publish any part of such report or what purports to be a part or an excerpt of such report. |
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| (4) A person who contravenes the provisions of any of the preceding subsections of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon summary trial and conviction by a Magistrate, be liable to a fine of not less than two hundred rupees and not more than five hundred rupees and, upon a second or subsequent conviction of an offence under this subsection, shall, in addition to such fine, be liable to rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts