Malicious Damage.
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c. 97, s. 43.
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.
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set fire to
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 97, s. 44.
30. Any 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 fourteen years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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explosive
near ship
with intent to
damage it.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 97, s. 45.
31. Any 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 fourteen years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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ship other-
wise than
by fire.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 97, s. 46.
32. Any person who unlawfully and maliciously damages, otherwise than by fire, gunpowder, or explosive substance, any ship or vessel whether the same is complete or in an unfinished state, with intent to destroy the same or render the same useless, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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33. Any person who-
Exhibiting false signal,
(a) unlawfully masks, alters, or removes any light or signal or unlawfully exhibits any false light or signal, with intent to bring any ship, vessel, or boat into danger; or
or
with intent
to bring ship
or
boat
into danger.
24 & 25 Vict.
c. 97, s. 47.
(b) unlawfully and maliciously does anything tending to the immediate loss or destruction of any ship,
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