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OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 - SECT 32

Placing wood, &c. on railway with intent to endanger passengers.

32. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously put or throw upon or across any
railway any wood, stone, or other matter or thing, or shall unlawfully and
maliciously take up, remove, or displace any rail, sleeper, or other matter or
thing belonging to any railway, or shall unlawfully and maliciously turn,
move, or divert any points or other machinery belonging to any railway, or
shall unlawfully and maliciously make or show, hide or remove, any signal or
light upon or near to any railway, or shall unlawfully and maliciously do or
cause to be done any other matter or thing, with intent, in any of the cases
aforesaid, to endanger the safety of any person travelling or being upon such
railway, 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 life
... or to be imprisoned ....

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