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No. 6 of 1865.
Destroying, etc., fence, etc.
c. 97, s. 25.
MALICIOUS DAMAGE.
Injuries to fences.
24. †— (1) Every person who unlawfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, throws down, or in anywise destroys any fence or paling of any description whatsoever, or any wall, stile, or gate, or any part thereof respectively, shall upon summary conviction be liable for the first offence to a fine, over and above the amount of the injury done, not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
Destroying sea-bank, etc. 24 & 25 Vict.. c. 97, s. 30.
1903.]
(2) Every person who, having been convicted of any such offence, either against this or any former enactment, afterwards commits any offence under this section, and is convicted thereof in like manner, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
25.
Injuries to sea and river banks, etc.
Every person who unlawfully and maliciously—
(1) breaks down, or cuts down, or otherwise damages or destroys 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 is or is in danger of being overflowed or damaged; or
Removing pile of sea-bank, etc. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 31. Ref. No. 3 of 1903.]
(2) throws, breaks, or cuts down, levels, undermines, or otherwise destroys 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 shall be liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
26. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously—
(1) cuts off, draws up, or removes 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
(2) opens or draws up any floodgate or sluice, or does any other injury or mischief to any river or creek or to any
* As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923. † See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule,