14 Online cheating by personation Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024 18. 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. Circulating false report with intent to cause mutiny or an offence against the State, & c. 19. Any person, whether in or outside Sri Lanka who communicates any false statement, with intent to cause any officer, sailor, soldier, or airman in the navy, army or air force of Sri Lanka to mutiny, or with intent to cause fear or alarm to the public, induces any other person to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquillity, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding seven years, or to a fine not exceeding seven hundred thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine. Communicating statements to cause harassment & c. 20. (1) Any person, whether in or outside Sri Lanka who wilfully makes or communicates a statement, with intention to cause harassment to another person (in this section referred to as the “target person”), by publishing any private information of the target person or a related person of the target person, and as a result causes the target person or any other person harassment, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred