Computer Crime Act, Ne. 24 of 2007 14 Camputer Crime Act, No. 24 of 2007 (3) A poiice officer shall not grant permission or give. such copies under subsection (2) if it appears that such permission would be prejudicial to any criminal investigation or proceeding. Duty lo assist investigation. 23. (1) Any person who is required to make any disclosure or to assist in an investigation under this Act, shall comply with such requirement. (2) A person who obstructs the lawful exercise of the powers conferred on an experi o7 a police officer or fails to comply with such request made by such expert or police officer during an. investigation shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not less than one year and not exceeding two years _ or to both such fine and imprisonment. Confidentiality of information ohtained in the course of an invest. pation 24. (t) Every person engaged in an investigation under this Act shall maintain strict confidentiality with regard to all information as may come to his knowledge im the course of such investigations and he shall not disclose to any person or utilize for any purpose whatsoever any information so obtained other than in the discharge of his duties under this Act (2) Every service provider from whom any information has been requested or obtained and any person to whom 2 written notice has been issued for the preservation of any information shall ma‘ntain strict confidentiality in relation to such information and the fact that such information has been requested, ebtained or required to be preserved, and shall not make any disclosure in regard to such matters other ‘ than with lawful authority. the (3) A service provider shall not be held liable under othe or Gala any of civ or criminal law for the disclosure this information for the purposes of an investigation under Act. (4) Any person who contravenes 14 the srovisions of subsections {1} and (2) shall commit an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment. PART III MUSCELLANEQUS 25. The jurisdiction to hear, try and determine alt offences under this Act shal! be vested with the High Court : Provided however that where the provisions Jurisdicvian of the Extradition Law, No. 8 of 1977 is applicable in relation to the commission of an offence under this Act, the H gh Court holden at Colombo shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear try and determine such offence. 46. (1) Every document duly signed and issued by an expert or a police officer, as the case may be, and duly authenticated by an expert in the prescribed manner, shall Se admissible in evidence and shall be pruna facia evidence of Proof of document issucu by an apertura Poles Officer. the facts stated therein, . (2) for the purposes, of this section the expression “document shall include a certificate, declaration, information, data, report or any other similar document 27, The Schedule to the Extradition Law, No. 8 of 1977 is hereby ameaded by the insertion immediately before Part B thereof, of the following new item — “(497 An offence committed in tarms of the Computer Crimes Act, No. 24 of 2007.". 28 No civilor criminal action shat! be instituted against an. expert or a police officer appainted for the purpose of this Act. for any lawful act which is done or purported to be done in good faith by such expert or police officer as the case muy be, in pursuance of h.s duties unde: this Act. Amendment of the Schedule to the Extraditiog Law, to, § of LOFF Irtinuiity from iggal Proceedings.