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marsh, whereby any land or building is or is in danger of being overflowed or damaged; or
(2) throws, breaks, or cuts down, levels, undermines, or otherwise destroys any quay, wharf, jetty, lock, sluice, floodgate, weir, tunnel, drain, watercourse, or other work belonging to any port, harbour, dock, or reservoir, or on or belonging to any navigable creek,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
26. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously——
(1) cuts off, draws up, or removes any piles or other materials fixed in the ground, and used for securing any sea-bank or sea-wall or the bank, dam, or wall of any river, creek, trench, drain, aqueduct, marsh, reservoir, pool, port, harbour, dock, quay, wharf, jetty, or lock; or
(2) opens or draws up any floodgate or sluice, or does any other injury or mischief to any river or creek or to any drain, trench, or canal, with intent and so as thereby to obstruct or prevent the carrying on, completing, or maintaining the navigation or drainage thereof,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Injuries to bridges, viaducts, railways, etc.
27. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously pulls or throws down, or in anywise destroys, any bridge (whether over any stream of water or not) or any viaduct or aqueduct, over or under which bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct any highway or canal passes, or does any injury with intent and so as thereby to render such bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct, or the highway or canal passing over or under the same, or any part thereof, dangerous or impassable, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule.
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marsh, whereby any land or building is or is in danger of being [cf. No. 3 of overflowed or damaged; or
(2) throws, breaks, or cuts down, levels, undermines, or otherwise destroys any quay, wharf, jetty, lock, sluice, floodgate, weir, tunnel, drain, watercourse, or other work belonging to any port, harbour, dock, or reservoir, or on or belonging to any navigable creek,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
26. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously——
1903 & No. 40 of 1932, s. 8 (b).)
Removing pile of sea-bank,
24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 31.
(1) cuts off, draws up, or removes any piles or other etc. materials fixed in the ground, and used for securing any sea-bank or sea-wall or the bank, dam, or wall of any river, creek, trench, drain, aqueduct, marsh, reservoir, pool, port, 1903.] harbour, dock, quay, wharf, jetty, or lock; or
(2) opens or draws up any floodgate or sluice, or does any other injury or mischief to any river or creek or to any drain, trench, or canal, with intent and so as thereby to obstruct or prevent the carrying on, completing, or maintaining the navigation or drainage thereof,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding seven years, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
Injuries to bridges, viaducts, railways, etc.
[cf. No. 3 of
24 & 25 Vict.
27. *Every person who unlawfully and maliciously pulls Injury to or throws down, or in anywise destroys, any bridge (whether bridge, etc. over any stream of water or not) or any viaduct or aqueduct, c. 97, s. 33. over or under which bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct any highway 103.) or canal passes, or does any injury with intent and so as thereby to render such bridge, viaduct, or aqueduct, or the highway or canal passing over or under the same, or any part thereof, dangerous or impassable, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, with or without whipping.
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See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule.
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