Section 64: Damaging uninhabited ship or building
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64. Damaging uninhabited ship or building
Any person who by means of an explosive substance wilfully damages
the whole or a part of a dwelling house or of a ship, boat, storehouse, timber
yard, tent, shed or other building not inhabited nor used for residence nor as
a place of meeting which does not belong to the offender, shall commit an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude for a term not
exceeding 20 years.
[S. 64 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f.
C58 – 9 [Issue 2]
Criminal Code (Supplementary) Act
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- What is the penalty for using an explosive to damage an uninhabited building that isn't mine?