Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 327

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327. Whosoever, without any just cause, the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused, shall enter into any subway wh erein there is any electric cable or any main conduit of the public s ewer, shall, on convictio n, be liable - (a) to imprisonment for a term from one to three months, where the circumstances show that the object of the offender was to damage the cables or conduits above mentioned; (b) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one (1) month, in any other case. Involuntary fire or damage. Amended by: IV .1856.17; XI.1900.48; V .1956.18; XIII.1980.11; XIII.1983.5; L.N. 407 of 2007; VII.2010.24; XXIV .2014.43; VIII.2015.17; II.2026.20.

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