Section 96
New section 236a
of Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Act 2025
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 236
the following section:
“Right of private action for contravention of section 235
or 236 236a. (1) Any person who suffers loss or damage directly as a result of a contravention of section 235 or 236 by another person shall have a right of action for relief in civil proceedings in a court under this section against any person who is or who has at the material time been a party to such contravention, whether or not the other person has been charged with an offence in respect of the contravention or, whether or not a contravention has been proved in a prosecution.
(2)
This section shall not affect any liability under any other written law in respect of the conduct constituting the contravention.”.
Amendment of section 237