132
destroy
house, etc.
c. 97, s. 50.
[cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
No. 6 of 1865.
MALICIOUS DAMAGE.
or destroy any house, barn, or other building, or any rick or stack of rice, hay, straw, or other agricultural produce, or any grain, rice, hay, straw, or other agricultural produce, in or under any building, or any ship or vessel, or to kill, maim, or wound any cattle, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding ten years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Injuries not before provided for exceeding amount of $25.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 51:
Summary conviction in case of malicious injury.
c. 97, s. 52.
Miscellaneous injuries.
42. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously commits any damage, injury, or spoil to or upon any real or personal property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, for which no punishment is hereinbefore provided, the damage, injury, or spoil being to an amount exceeding twenty-five dollars, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years; and, in case such offence is committed between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years.
43. Every person who wilfully or maliciously commits any damage, injury, or spoil to or upon any real or personal property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, for which no punishment is hereinbefore provided, shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, or to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and also to pay such further sum of money as may appear to the magistrate to be a reasonable compensation for the damage, injury, or spoil so committed, not exceeding the sum of twenty-five dollars, which last-mentioned sum shall, in the case of private property, be paid to the party aggrieved, and in the case of property of a public nature, or wherein any public right is concerned, shall be paid to the Treasury.
(2) If such sums of money, together with costs (if ordered) are not paid either immediately after the conviction or within such period as the magistrate may at the time of the conviction appoint, the magistrate may deal with the offender according to the law relating to summary conviction: Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to any
* See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule. As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.
132
destroy
house, etc.
c. 97, s. 50.
[cf. No. 3 of 1903.]
No. 6 of 1865.
MALICIOUS. DAMAGE.
or destroy any house, barn, or other building, or any rick or 24 & 25 Vict. stack of rice, hay, straw, or other agricultural produce, or any grain, rice, hay, straw, or other agricultural produce, in or under any building, or any ship or vessel, or to kill, maim, or wound any cattle, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding ten years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Injuries not ¡ before pro- vided for exceeding amount of $25.
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 51:
Summary conviction
in case of malicious injury.
c. 97, s. 52.
·†
Miscellaneous injuries.
42. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously com- mits any damage, injury, or spoil to or upon any real or personal property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, for which no punishment is hereinbefore provided, the damage, injury, or spoil being to an amount exceeding twenty-five dollars, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years; and, in case such offence is committed between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding five years.
43. *--(1) Every person who wilfully or maliciously com- mits any damage, injury, or spoil to or upon any real or personal property whatsoever, either of a public or private 24 & 25 Vict. nature, for which no punishment is hereinbefore provided, shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, or to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and also to pay such further sum of money. as may appear to the magistrate to be a reasonable compensation for the damage, injury, or spoil so committed, not exceeding the sum of twenty-five dollars, which last-mentioned sum shall, in the case of private property, be paid to the party aggrieved, and in the case of property of a public nature, or wherein any public right is concerned, shall be paid to the Treasury.
(2) If such sums of money, together with costs (if ordered) are not paid either immediately after the conviction or with- in such period as the magistrate may at the time of the conviction appoint, the magistrate may deal with the offender according to the law relating to summary conviction: Provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to any
* See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule. As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.
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