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house, etc. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97 s. 3.

Setting fire to

etc.

Ib. s. 4.

No. 6.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1865.

stable, coach-house, outhouse, warehouse, godown, office, shop, store, mill, store house, granary, hovel, shed, or fold, or to any farm building, or to any building or erection used in farming land or in carrying on any trade or manufacture or any branch thereof, whether the same is then in the possession of the offender or in the possession of any other person, with intent thereby to injure or defraud any person, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

5. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any engine-house, warehouse, or other building belonging or appertaining to any port, dock, or harbour shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

Setting fire to public building. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97 s. 5.

Setting fire to building not specified.

Ib. s. 6.

Setting fire to goods in any building, the setting fire to which is felony.

Ib. s. 7.

6. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any building, other than such as are in this Ordinance before mentioned, belonging to the Queen or to the Colony, or devoted or dedicated to public use or ornament, or erected or maintained by public subscription or contribution, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

7. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any building other than such as are in this Ordinance before mentioned shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding fourteen years and not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

8. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any matter or thing being in, against, or under any building, under such circumstances that, if the building were thereby set fire to, the offence would amount to felony, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding fourteen years and not less than three years, with or without whipping, and if a male under the age of sixteen years.

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9. Every person who attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in the last preceding sections, or to do any act with intent that the same were in fact thereby committed, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding seven years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.

10. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously throws, casts, or deposits any gunpowder or other explosive substance into, in, upon, or against any building, engine, or machine, and thereby does any damage, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without solitary confinement, and if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

11. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously puts, throws, or casts any gunpowder or other explosive substance into, in, upon, or against any building, engine, or machine, with intent to do any injury thereby, or to do any damage to any building, engine, or machine, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding fourteen years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.

12. If any person wilfully and maliciously does any act with intent to alarm any person or persons, or to the disturbance of the public peace, or to raise any riot or tumult, (1.) by pulling down any house, shop, or other building, or any ship or vessel;