(a) Injunctions.--The State Police or any other aggrieved individual or agency may institute an action in a court of proper jurisdiction against any person, agency or organization to enjoin any criminal justice agency, noncriminal justice agency, organization or individual from violating the provisions of this chapter or to compel such agency, organization or person to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Action for damages.--
(1) Any person aggrieved by a knowing violation of section 2331 (relating to prohibition on disclosure) shall have the substantive right to bring an action for damages by reason of such violation in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) A person found by the court to have been aggrieved by a knowing violation of section 2331 shall be entitled to actual and real damages of not less than $100 for each violation and to reasonable costs of litigation and attorney fees. Exemplary and punitive damages of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 shall be imposed for any violation of section 2331.
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