128
Attempt to injure electric or magnetic telegraph.
[24 & 25 Vict. c. 97 s. 38.]
*
Injury to work of art in museum or public place. [ib. s. 39.] [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
No. 6 of 1865.
MALICIOUS DAMAGE.
the Magistrate may proceed summarily to hear and determine the same, and the offender shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months, or to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.
29. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any overt act attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in the last section shall, on conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months, or to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.
Injuries to works of art.
30. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously destroys or damages-
(1) any book, manuscript, picture, print, statue, bust, or vase, or any other article or thing kept for the purposes of art, science, or literature, or as an object of curiosity, in any museum, gallery, cabinet, library, or other repository, which museum, gallery, cabinet, library, or other repository is either at all times or from time to time open for the admission of the public or of any considerable number of persons to view the same, either by the permission of the proprietor thereof or by the payment of money before entering the same; or
(2) any picture, statue, monument, or other memorial of the dead, painted glass or other ornament or work of art, in any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place of divine worship, or in any building belonging to His Majesty, or to the Colony, or to any college, or in any street, square, churchyard, burial ground, public garden or ground; or
(3) any statue or monument exposed to public view or any ornament, railing, or fence surrounding such statue or monument, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the right of any person to recover, by action at law, damages for the injury so committed.
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 21 of 1912 and the Final Revision Ordinance, 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
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128
Attempt to injure electric or magnetic telegraph.
[24 & 25 Vict. c. 97 s. 38.]
*
Injury to work of art in museum
or public place. [ib. s. 39.1 [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
No. 6 of 1865.
MALICIOUS DAMAGE.
the Magistrate may proceed summarily to hear and determine the same, and the offender shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months, or to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.
29. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any overt act attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in the last section shall, on conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months, or to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.
Injuries to works of art.
30. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously destroys or damages-
(1) any book, manuscript, picture, print, statue, bust, or vase, or any other article or thing kept for the purposes of art, science, or literature, or as an object of curiosity, in any museum, gallery, cabinet, library, or other repository, which museum, gallery, cabinet, library, or other repository is either at all times or from time to time open for the admission of the public or of any consider- able number of persons to view the same, either by the permission of the proprietor thereof or by the payment of money before entering the same; or
(2) any picture, statue, monument, or other memorial of the dead, painted glass or other ornament or work of art, in any church, chapel, meeting house, or other place of divine worship, or in any building belonging to His Majesty, or to the Colony, or to any college, or in any street, square, churchyard, burial ground, public garden or ground; or
(3) any statue or monument exposed to public view or any ornament, railing, or fence surrounding such statue or monument, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding 6 months, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the right of any person to recover, by action at law, damages for the injury so committed.
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 21 of 1912 and
the Final Revision Ordinance, 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.
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