21. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after the heading "OF PUBLICATION OF MATTER RELATING TO CERTAIN OFFENCES", and shall have effect as section 365c of the principal enactment-
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| | (1) Whoever prints or publishes, the name, or any matter which may make known the identity, of any person against whom an offence under section 345 or section 360A or section 360B or section 363 or section 364A or section 365 or section 365A or section 365b, is alleged or found to have been committed (hereinafter in this section referred to as "the victim") shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both. | | |
| | (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall apply to the printing or publication of the name or any matter which may make known the identity, of the victim, if such printing or publication is-
| | | (a) by or under the order of the officer in charge of the police station or the police officer, making investigation into such offence, acting in good faith for the purposes of such investigation; or |
| (b) by or with the authorization in writing of the victim; or |
| (c) by or with the authorization In writing of the next of kin of the victim where the victim is dead or the parent or guardian of the victim, where the victim is a minor or is of unsound mind: |
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| | (3) Whoever prints or publishes any matter to relation to any proceeding in any court with respect to an offence referred to in subsection (1), without the previous permission of such court, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts