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MALICIOUS DAMAGE ACT 1861 - SECT 48

Removing or concealing buoys and other sea marks.

48.Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cut away, cast adrift, remove,
alter, deface, sink, or destroy, or shall unlawfully and maliciously do any
act with intent to cut away, cast adrift, remove, alter, deface, sink, or
destroy, or shall in any other manner unlawfully and maliciously injure or
conceal any boat, buoy, buoy rope, perch, or mark used or intended for the
guidance of seamen or the purpose of navigation, shall be guilty of felony,
and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court,
to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years ... or to
be imprisoned ....

Ss.4955 rep. by SLR 1892; SLR 1893 (No.2); 1914 c.58 s.14(2); 1953 c.3 (NI)
s.51 sch.4; 1953 c.14 (NI) s.1(2); SLR (NI) 1954; 1977 NI 4 art.13(6) sch.2

Ss.56, 57 rep. by 1953 c.14 (NI) s.1(2); 1967 c.18 (NI) s.15(2) sch.2 Pt.II


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