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MALICIOUS DAMAGE ACT 1861 - SECT 35

35. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, place, cast, 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 obstruct, upset, overthrow, injure, or destroy
any engine, tender, carriage, or truck using 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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