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| (1) Any person while being employed in any capacity by any public body has occasion to acquire or obtain cognizance of any classified information, and communicates such information to any person other than to a person to whom he has a duty to disclose such information, whether in Sri Lanka or elsewhere, and before or after the award of any tender relating to a public contract, then such person shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction be liable to a fine of one hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. |
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| (2) In this section" classified information" means any facts, information or knowledge, documents or objects that relate to any public contract. |
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