1038 28th September, 1936 ( c ) any stack of cultivated vegetable produce or of mineral or vegetable fuel ; o r (d) a mine, or the workings, fittings or appliances of a mine; is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life. felony is termed arson. Attempts to commit arson. 318. (a) Such A n y person who :— attempts unlawfully to set fire to any such thing as is mentioned in the last preceding section ; o r ( b ) wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to anything which is so situated that any such thing as is mentioned i n the last preceding section is likely to catch fire from i t ; is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. Setting fire to crops and growing plants. 319. A n y person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to:— ( a ) a crop of cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut ; o r ( b ) a crop of hay or grass under cultivation, whether the natural or indigenous product of the soil or not, and whether standing or cut ; o r (c) any standing trees, saplings or shrubs, whether indigenous or not, under cultivation; is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment years. Attempting to set fire to crops, etc. 320. for fourteen A n y person who :— (a) attempts unlawfully to set fire to any such thing mentioned i n the last preceding section ; or (b) as is wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to anything which is so situated that any such thing as is mentioned i n the last preceding section is likely to catch fire from i t ; is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. Setting fire to goods in buildings. Attempting to set fire to goods in buildings. Casting away ships. 321. A n y person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to any matter or thing being i n , against or under any building, whether such building be set on fire or not, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years. 322. A n y person Who attempts unlawfully to set fire to any such matter or thing as is mentioned i n the last preceding section, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years. 323. A n y person who :— ( a ) wilfully and unlawfully casts away or destroys any vessel, whether completed or not; or ( b ) wilfully or unlawfully does any act which tends to the immediate loss or destruction of a vessel i n distress; or ( c ) w i t h intent to bring a vessel into danger, interferes w i t h any light, beacon, buoy, mark or signal, used for purposes of navigation, or exhibits any false light or signal; is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.

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