Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 318

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318. Whosoever shall wilfully set fire to any building, vehicle, shed or other place mentioned in article 316, no person being therein at the time, and such building, vehicle, shed or other place being so situated that the fire would not communicate to any ot her building, shed or place in which there is a person at the time, shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term from two to four years. Arson of vineyards, etc. Amended by: XLIX.1981.4.

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