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Chapter III · Electronic Contracts

16. Liability of Certification Service Providers

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

A Certification Service Provider shall not be subject to any civil or criminal liability for any transaction under this Act in respect of third party information in the form of data messages, electronic documents, electronic records or other communications to which he merely provides access, if such liability is founded,on —

(a)

the making, publication, dissemination, or distribution of such information or any statement made in such information ; or

(b)

the infringement of any rights subsisting in or in relation to such information.

(2)

Nothing in this section shall effect–

(a)

any obligation founded on contract ;

(b)

the obligations of a Certification Service Provider providing such services under a licensing or other regulatory regime established under any written law ; or

(c)

any obligation imposed under any written law or by a court to remove, block or deny access to any information.

Read on from s 17

Chapter IV

Certification Authority and Certification of Service Providers

Read on from Chapter IV

Chapter V

Rules Governing Evidence

Read on from Chapter V

Chapter VI

Miscellaneous

Read on from Chapter VI