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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