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MALICIOUS DAMAGE.

No. 6 of 1865

123

and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping.

Injuries to crops, trees, and vegetable productions.

to field of

16. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any Setting fire field or piece or crop of grass, rice, grain, or pulse, or of any grass, etc. cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut down, or to [24 & 25 Viet. any part of any wood, coppice, or plantation of trees, or to any [ef. No. 3 of

c. 97 s. 16.] heath, gorse, furze, or fern, wheresoever the same may be growing, 1903.] shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 14 years, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping.

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Setting fire corn, etc. [ib. s. 17.] [cf. No. 3 of

to heap of

17. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously sets fire to any heap or stack of corn, rice, grain, pulso, tares, hay, straw, or of any cultivated vegetable produce, or to any heap or stack of coals or wood, or to any other substance used for fuel, shall be guilty of 1903.] felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping.

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18. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any overt Attempt to act attempts to set fire to any such matter or thing as is mentioned set fire to in either of the last two sections, under such circumstances that, if [ib. s. 18.]

crop, etc.

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the same were thereby set fire to, the offender would, under either 1903.]

[cf. No. 3 of of such sections, be guilty of felony, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping.

tree, etc., to

growing in

19. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, Destroying barks, roots up, or otherwise destroys or damages the whole or any amount of part of any tree, sapling, or shrub, or any underwood, growing in more than $5, any pleasure ground, garden, orchard, or avenue, or in any ground pleasuro adjoining or belonging to any dwelling house (in case the amount ground. of the injury done exceeds the sum of 5 dollars) shall be guilty of Ecf. No. 3 of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceed- 1903.] ing 3 years, and, if a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping.

Tib.s. 20.1

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tree, etc., to

20. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, Destroying barks, roots up, or otherwise destroys or damages the whole or any amount of part of any trec, sapling, or shrub, or any underwood, growing more than

* As amended by No. 30 of 1911.

† As amended by No. 30 of 1911 and No. 50 of 1911.

$25, growing elsewhere

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