Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024 12 Communication of false statement amounting to contempt 13. Any person, whether in or outside Sri Lanka who communicates a false statement by way of an online account or through an online location which amounts to contempt of court, in the opinion of any court which exercises the special jurisdiction to punish the offence of contempt of court, in terms of paragraph (3) of Article 105 of the Constitution or any other relevant written law, commits an offence and the provisions of that Article and relevant written law shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in sentencing such person. Wantonly giving provocation by false statement to cause riot 14. Any person, whether in or outside Sri Lanka who maliciously or wantonly, by way of an online account or through an online location, by communicating a false statement, gives provocation to any person or incites any person intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation or incitement, will cause the offence of rioting to be committed, shall(a) if the offence of rioting be committed in consequence of such provocation, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding five years, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine; and (b) Disturbing a religious assembly by a false statement if the offence of rioting be not committed, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three years, or to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine. 15. Any person, whether in or outside Sri Lanka who by communicating a false statement, voluntarily causes disturbance to any assembly lawfully engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremonies,