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Online Safety Act 2024 · As enacted · Part III · Prohibition of Online Communication of False Statements

18. Online cheating by personation

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Any person, whether in or outside Sri Lanka who, by means of an online account, cheats by -

(a)

pretending to be some other person;

(b)

knowingly substituting one person for another; or

(c)

representing that such person or any other person is a person other than the person really is, commits the offence of “online cheating by personation”

and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine.

Read on from s 19

Part IV

Measures Against Online Communication of Prohibited Statements in Sri Lanka

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Declared Online Locations

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Counteracting Inauthentic Online Accounts and Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

Appointment of Experts to Assist Investigations and Their Powers

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

Finance

Read on from Part VIII

Part IX

General

Read on from Part IX