ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1865.
Malicious Injuries to Property.
termination of any tenancy, shall unlawfully and maliciously pull down or demolish, or begin to pull down or demolish, the same or any part thereof, or shall unlawfully and maliciously pull down or sever from the freehold any fixture being fixed in or to such dwelling house or building, or part of such dwelling house or building, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding eighteen months, with or without hard labour.
Injuries to Machinery, &c.:-
14. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, break, or destroy, or damage with intent to destroy or to render useless, any machine or engine, whether fixed or moveable, used or intended to be used in any manufacture whatsoever, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Injuries to Crops, Trees, and vegetable Productions:
15. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any field or piece of crop of grass, rice, grain, or pulse or of any cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut down, or to any part of any wood, coppice, or plantation of trees or to any heath, gorse, furze, or fern, wheresoever the same may be growing, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years, and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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Destroying machinery, &c.
Setting fire to crops, &c.
stacks, &c.
16. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any heap or stack of corn, rice, grain, pulse, tares, hay, straw, or of any cultivated vegetable produce, or to any heap or stack of coals, or wood, or to any other substance used for fuel, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal
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