In Sri Lanka, laws have to be printed in English, Sinhala and Tamil, with the Sinhala text usually taking precedence over others in case an interpretation is disputed.
"The basis of the computer crimes bill is to criminalise attempts at unauthorised access to a computer, computer program data or information," Sri Lanka's Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa told participants of the National IT Law conference organized by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka.
"The legislation creates offences for unauthorised modification, alteration or deletion of information and denial of access."
It makes unauthorised access to computers an offence, and criminalises the use of viruses and logic bombs to damage computers.
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