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Part I · Establishment of the Online Safety Commission

4. Establishment of the Online Safety Commission

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

(1)

There shall be established a Commission, which shall be called the Online Safety Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”).

(2)

The Commission shall, by the name assigned to it by subsection (1), be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be sued in such name.

(3)

The Commission shall exercise and perform the powers and functions assigned to it under this Act for the purpose of achieving the objectives of this Act.

Read on from s 5

Part II

Powers and Functions of the Commission

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Part III

Prohibition of Online Communication of False Statements

Read on from Part III

Part IV

Measures Against Online Communication of Prohibited Statements in Sri Lanka

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Declared Online Locations

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Counteracting Inauthentic Online Accounts and Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

Appointment of Experts to Assist Investigations and Their Powers

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

Finance

Read on from Part VIII

Part IX

General

Read on from Part IX

Schedules