85. Tort of online impersonation

A person (X) must not conduct any online activity that constitutes online impersonation if the online activity is likely to cause a victim harassment, alarm, distress or humiliation.

If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the online impersonation may bring civil proceedings in a court against X.

In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove —

In this section, “victim”, in relation to online impersonation, means the victim mentioned in section 15.