ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1865.
Malicious Injuries to Property.
Injuries to Sea Banks, &c.:-
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Damaging any sea-wall,
24. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously break down or cut down or otherwise damage or destroy any sea-bank or sea-wall, or the bank, dam, or wall of or belonging to any river, creek, drain, reservoir, pool, or marsh, whereby any land or building shall be or shall be in danger of being overflowed or damaged, or shall unlawfully and maliciously throw, break, or cut down, level, undermine, or otherwise destroy, any quay, wharf, jetty, lock, sluice, floodgate, weir, tunnel, drain, watercourse, or other work belonging to any port, harbour, dock, or reservoir, or on or belonging to any navigable creek,--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 life or for any term 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.
Removing piles of any sea-bank, &c.
25. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cut off, draw up, or remove any piles, or other materials fixed in the ground, and used for securing any sea-bank or sea-wall, or the bank, dam, or wall of any river, creek, trench, drain, aqueduct, marsh, reservoir, pool, port, harbour, dock, quay, wharf, jetty, or lock, or shall unlawfully and maliciously open or draw up any floodgate, or sluice, or do any other injury or mischief to any river, or creek, or to any drain, trench or canal, with intent and so as thereby to obstruct or prevent the carrying on, completing, or maintaining the navigation or drainage thereof,--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 Bridges, Viaducts, &c.:-
26. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously pull or throw down or in anywise destroy any bridge (whether over any stream of water or not), or any viaduct or aqueduct, over or under which bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct, any highway or canal shall pass, or do any injury with intent and so as thereby to render such bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct, or the highway or canal passing over or under the same, unsafe or useless, or shall unlawfully and maliciously do any injury to any arch, pillar, or other part of any such bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct,--shall be guilty of felony...