130
No. 6 of 1865.
Setting fire to ship.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 97, s. 42. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
Setting fire to ship with intent to prejudice owner or underwriter.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 43. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
Attempt to set fire to ship.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 44. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
Placing explosive substance near ship with intent to damage it.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 45. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
Damaging ship otherwise than by fire.
24 & 25 Vict, c. 97, s. 46.
MALICIOUS DAMAGE
Injuries to ships.
33. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to, casts away, or in anywise destroys any ship or vessel, whether the same is complete or in an unfinished state, 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.
34. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to, casts away, or in anywise destroys any ship or vessel, with intent thereby to prejudice any owner or part owner of such ship or vessel or of any goods on board the same, or any person who has underwritten any policy of insurance upon such ship or vessel, or upon the freight thereof, or upon any goods on board the same, 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.
35. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any overt act attempts to set fire to, cast away, or destroy any ship or vessel, in such circumstances that, if the ship or vessel were thereby set fire to, cast away, or destroyed, the offender would be guilty of felony, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
36. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously places or throws in, into, upon, against, or near any ship or vessel any gunpowder or other explosive substance, with intent to destroy or damage any ship or vessel or any machinery, working tools, goods, or chattels, shall, whether or not any explosion takes place and whether or not any injury is effected, be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
37. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously damages, otherwise than by fire, gunpowder, or other explosive substance, any ship or vessel whether the same is complete or in an unfinished state, with intent to destroy the same or
* See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule.