Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 463

Setting fire to vegetation

In force

Any person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to any of the things following, that is to say—

(a)

a crop of cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut;

(b)

a crop of hay or grass, whether the natural or indigenous product of the soil or not, and whether under cultivation or not, and whether standing or cut;

(c)

any standing trees, saplings, or shrubs, whether indigenous or cultivated;

(d)

any grass, other than grass mentioned in paragraph (b);

(e)

any other vegetation;

is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years. sch 1 pt 6 div 2 ch 46 s 463 amd 1986 No. 1 s 61; 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2; 2020 No. 15 s 50

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