2. Section 28 of the Telecommunications Ordinance, hereinafter referred to as the principal enactment, is hereby amended as follows:-
| (1) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of that section; and |
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after the renumbered sub-section (1), of the following new sub-section:
| | " (2) If a Magistrate is satisfied by Information on oath that there is reasonable ground for believing that, in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance or any rule or regulation made thereunder, any action has been taken or is likely to be taken in any place, vehicle, ship or aircraft within his jurisdiction, for the unlawful interception or the unlawful recording of a telephone conversation between any two persons or for the unlawful communication of such telephone conversation between such persons to a third person, such Magistrate may grant a search warrant to any police officer authorizing that officer to enter and inspect such place, vehicle, ship or aircraft and to seize any apparatus of any of the following descriptions:
| | | (a) any unauthorized cables and any unauthorized telephone connections; |
| (b) any unauthorized wire connections to existing telephone apparatus, wires and cables of the Government; |
| (c) any unauthorized apparatus for interception or recording of telephone conversations at any point on the telecommunication system.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts