1981 Ed.]
Offences against the Person
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30. Any person who unlawfully and maliciously places or throws in, into, upon, against or near any building, ship, or vessel any gunpowder or other explosive substance, with intent to do any bodily injury to any person, shall, whether or not any explosion takes place and whether or not any bodily injury is effected, be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2, 4 and 5, and 39 of 1954, Schedule
31. (1) Any person who sets or places, or causes to be set or placed, any spring gun, man trap, or other engine calculated to destroy human life or to inflict grievous bodily harm, with intent that the same or whereby the same may destroy or inflict grievous bodily harm upon a trespasser or other person coming in contact therewith, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5)
(2) Any person who knowingly and wilfully permits any such spring gun, man trap, or other engine which may have been set or placed in any place then being in or afterwards coming into his possession or occupation by some other person to continue so set or placed shall be deemed to have set and placed such gun, trap, or engine with such intent as aforesaid:
Provided that --
(a) nothing in this section shall extend to make it illegal to set or place any gun or trap such as may have been or may be usually set or placed with the intent of destroying vermin; and
(b) nothing in this section shall be deemed to make it unlawful to set or place or cause to be set or placed, or to be continued set or placed, from sunset to sunrise, any spring gun, man trap, or other engine which is set or placed, or caused or continued to be set or placed, in a dwelling-house, for the protection thereof.
32. (1) Any person who unlawfully and maliciously puts or throws upon or across any railway any wood, stone, or other matter or thing, or unlawfully and maliciously takes up, removes, or displaces any rail, sleeper, or other matter or thing belonging to any railway, or unlawfully and maliciously turns, moves, or diverts any points or other machinery belonging to any railway, or unlawfully and maliciously makes or shows, hides or removes, any signal or light upon or near to any railway, or unlawfully and maliciously does or causes to be done any other matter or thing, with intent, in any of the cases aforesaid, to endanger the safety of any person travelling or being upon such railway, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for 14 years. (Amended, 30 of 1911, s. 2, and 39 of 1954, Second Schedule)
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Placing gunpowder near building, etc., with intent to do bodily injury. 1861 c. 100, s. 30.
Setting spring gun, etc., with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. 1861 c. 100, s. 31.
Placing wood, etc., on a railway with intent to endanger passengers. 1861 c. 100, s. 32.