Section 346: Arson

346. Arson (1) Any person who wilfully sets fire to any building, ship, boat, storehouse, timber-yard or any other place when they are inhabited or in use as a residence or as a place of meeting, whether the same belongs to him or not, shall be liable to penal servitude. (2) Where the building, ship, boat, storehouse, timber-yard or other place is not inhabited nor in use as a residence or as a place of meeting, and does not belong to him, he shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. (3) Any person who wilfully sets fire to any forest, plantation, or to any wood, timber, coppice, or crop, whether standing or cut, which does not belong to him, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. (4) Any person who in setting fire to his vehicle, building, ship, boat, storehouse, timber-yard or other place, when they are not inhabited nor in use as a residence or as a place of meeting, or to his forest, plantation, wood, timber, coppice or crop, whether standing or cut, wilfully causes or [Issue 2] C57 – 100 Revised Laws of Mauritius attempts to cause any loss, prejudice or injury to any other person, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. (5) Any person who wilfully sets fire to any motor vehicle, whether it belongs to him or not, shall be liable to penal servitude. (6) Any person who by setting fire to anything whether it belongs to him or not, wilfully sets fire to any property or thing specified in subsections (1) to (5), shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. [S. 346 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]