Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 295

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295. Whosoever, with intent to obtain for himself or for any other person the payment of any money due under any insurance against risks, or any other undue benefit, destroys, disperses or deteriorates, by any means whatso ever, things belonging to him, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from seven months to two years, and, where he succeeds in his intent , from nine months to three years. Barratry. Amended by: IV .1874.5; XLIX.1981.4; III.2002.58.

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