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MALICIOUS DAMAGE.

No. 6 of 1865.

61

29. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any overt act attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in section 28 shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.

24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 38.

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 six months, and, if a male under the age of sixteen 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.

24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 39. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]

Injuries to cattle and other animals.

31. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously kills, maims, or wounds any cattle shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years.

24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 40. [cf. No. 3 of 1903]

* See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule

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MALICIOUS DAMAGE. No. 6 of 1865. 61 29. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any overt act attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in section 28 shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 38. 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 six months, and, if a male under the age of sixteen 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. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 39. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.] Injuries to cattle and other animals. 31. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously kills, maims, or wounds any cattle shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen years. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 40. [cf. No. 3 of 1903] * See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule
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MALICIOUS DAMAGE.

No. 6 of 1865.

61

electric or

29. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously by any Attempt to

injure overt act attempts to commit any of the offences mentioned in section 28 shall upon summary conviction be liable to imprison- magnetic

telegraph. ment for any term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not 24 & 25 Vict. exceeding fifty dollars.

c. 97, s. 38.

Injuries to works of art.

30. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously destroys Injury to 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 monu- ment,

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding six months, and, if a male under the age of sixteen 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.

Injuries to cattle and other animals.

work of art in museum or public place. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 39. [cf. No. 3 of 1903.]

wounding cattle.

31. Every person who unlawfully and maliciously kills, Killing or maims, or wounds any cattle shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding fourteen

years.

24 & 25 Vict.

c. 97, s. 40. [cf. No. 3 of 1903 ]

* See No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule

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