MALICIOUS DAMAGE.
No. 6 of 1865.
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(3) Every person who, having been twice convicted of any such offence afterwards commits any offence under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
22. (1) Every person who unlawfully and maliciously destroys, or damages with intent to destroy, any plant, root, fruit, or vegetable production growing in any garden, orchard, nursery ground, hot-house, green-house, or conservatory shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, or to a fine, over and above the amount of the injury done, not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, afterwards commits any of the said offences in this section before mentioned shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
23. (1) Every person who unlawfully and maliciously destroys, or damages with intent to destroy, any cultivated plant or root used for the food of man or beast, or for medicine, or for distilling, or for dyeing, or for or in the course of any manufacture, and growing in any land, open or enclosed, not being a garden, orchard, or nursery ground, shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month, or to a fine, over and above the amount of the injury done, not exceeding five dollars, and in default of payment thereof, together with the costs, if ordered, shall be dealt with as the law relating to the jurisdiction of magistrates provides.
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, afterwards commits an offence under this section, and is convicted thereof in like manner, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.