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| (1) Where any organization is or has been proscribed by or under this Law-
| | (a) no person shall, without the approval in writing of the competent authority, print or publish in any newspaper any matter relating to-
| | | (i) any activity or proposed activity of such organization or any act committed, by or purported to have been committed by such organization ; |
| (ii) the investigation of any act or offence committed by or purported to have been committed by such organization; |
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| | (b) no person shall, without the approval in writing of the competent authority, distribute or be concerned in the distribution in Sri Lanka or outside Sri Lanka containing; any matter referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or sub-paragraph (ii) of Paragraph (a). | | |
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| (2) Any person who commits any act in contravention of any of the provisions of sub section (1) shall be guilty of an offence. |
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| (3)
| | (a) Where any person is convicted of an offence under this section, the court may, in addition to any punishment which it may lawfully impose for the offence, order that no person shall, print, publish or distribute or in any way be concerned in the printing, publication or distribution of any such newspaper for such period as is specified in such order and that the printing press in which such newspaper was printed shall ,for such period as is specified in such, order, not be used for any purpose whatsoever or for any such purpose as is specified in the order. | | |
| | (b) Where any proceedings have been instituted against any person for the commission of any offence under this section, it shall be competent for the court to make an interim order that the printing press in which it is alleged that such news paper was printed shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever or for any such purpose as is specified in the order until the conclusion of the trial. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts