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Act index » Part I - Offences » Division 3 - Criminal damage to property » Subdivision (3) - Interference with mines, sea banks &c., railways and navigation aids
245 Removing buoy etc.
Whosoever unlawfully and maliciously cuts away casts adrift removes alters defaces sinks or destroys or in any other manner injures or conceals, or unlawfully and maliciously does any act with intent to cut away cast adrift remove alter deface sink destroy, or in any other manner injure or conceal, any boat buoy rope perch or mark used or intended for the guidance of seamen or the purpose of navigation, shall be guilty of an indictable offence, and shall be liable to level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).
S. 245 amended by Nos 8181 s. 2(1) (Sch. item 36), 9576 s. 11(1), 49/1991 s. 119(1) (Sch. 2 item 52), 48/1997 s. 60(1)(Sch. 1 item 78).