Section 352: Damaging property by band

352. Damaging property by band (1) Tout pillage, tout dégât de (1) Any person who plunders, or denrées ou marchandises, effets, damages provisions, goods or merpropriétés mobilières ou immobilières chandise or any other property commis en réunion ou bande et à committed by a body or band, and force ouverte, sera puni de servitude with open force, shall be punished pénale qui ne pourra excéder 20 ans by penal servitude for a term not et d’une amende qui ne pourra excé- exceeding 20 years, and by a fine der 100,000 roupies. not exceeding 100,000 rupees. (2) Any person who, without lawful authority, enters or attempts to enter any premises— (a) by using violence towards any other person or building; (b) by threats to any other person; or (c) while in a body or band consisting of 5 or more persons, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 150,000 rupees and to penal servitude for a term not exceeding 20 years. [S. 352 reprinted by Reprint 1 of 1983; Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by Act 29 of 1990; Act 30 of 1991; Act 5 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]