47, Every person who, with the intention of"
| (a) preventing or obstructing the transmission or delivery of any message ; or |
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| (b) interrupting or acquainting himself with the contents of any message; or |
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| (c) transmitting any message which he has no authority to transmit; or |
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| (d) committing mischief or any act of vandalism, |
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damages, removes or tampers with any telecommunication installation line, post or other thing whatever being part of or used in or about any telecommunication system or in the provision of any service, by means thereof shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts