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Part I · Establishment of the Online Safety Commission

5. Appointment of the members of the Commission

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(1)

The Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the President, subject to the approval of the

Constitutional Council, from among the persons having qualifications and experience in one or more of the fields of information technology, law, governance, social services, journalism, science and technology or management.

(2)

Subject to the provisions of section 6, the President shall recommend the names of five persons to be appointed as members of the Commission under subsection (1), to the

Constitutional Council for approval.

(3)

The President shall, within a period of fourteen days of receiving the approval of the Constitutional Council, appoint the persons approved by the Constitutional Council under subsection (2) as members of the Commission.

(4)

Where the Constitutional Council refuses to approve the name of a person referred to in subsection (2), the

President shall make a fresh nomination, and the provisions of subsections (1), (2), and (3) shall apply to such nomination accordingly.

(5)

In the event of the President failing to make the necessary appointments within the period of fourteen days as specified in subsection (3), the persons approved by the

Constitutional Council shall be deemed to have been appointed as the members of the Commission, with effct from the date of the expiry of such period.

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Part II

Powers and Functions of the Commission

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Part III

Prohibition of Online Communication of False Statements

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Part IV

Measures Against Online Communication of Prohibited Statements in Sri Lanka

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Part V

Declared Online Locations

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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

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Part VIII

Finance

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Part IX

General

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Schedules