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| (1) Nothing in this Law shall be deemed to require any newspaper, proprietor, printer, publisher, editor or journalist to disclose the source of information relating to any item of news published in any newspaper. |
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| (2) It shall be lawful for any newspaper, proprietor, printer, publisher, editor or journalist to disclose the source of information in relation to any such item by way of defence at any inquiry under section 9 or any prosecution under section 16 (5). |
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| (3) The provisions of subsection (1) shall have no application to any other law or to any proceedings in relation to any newspaper, proprietor, printer, publisher, editor or journalist under the provisions of any other law. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts