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Section 355: Damaging tree

Criminal Code · CHAPTER II: OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY

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355. Damaging tree (1) Quiconque aura abattu ou dé- (1) Any person who breaks or truit un ou plusieurs arbres qu’il sa- destroys any tree, knowing it belongs vait appartenir à autrui, ou plantés to another person, or growing in any sur des places, routes, chemins, rues square, highway, road, street, or in ou voies publiques, vicinales ou de any public, vicinal or private path, C57 – 103 [Issue 2] Criminal Code traverse, sera puni d’une peine shall be punished by imprisonment d(cid:777)emprisonnement qui ne pourra for a term not exceeding 5 years, excéder 5 ans, et d’une amende qui and by a fine not exceeding n’excèdera pas 100,000 roupies. 100,000 rupees. (2) Les peines seront les mêmes (2) The like punishment shall be pour un ou plusieurs arbres mutilés, applied, where one or more trees coupés ou écorcés, de manière à les have been damaged, cut, or barked, faire périr, ou s’il y a eu destruction so as to cause the destruction of the d’une ou de plusieurs greffes. same, or where one or more grafts have been destroyed. [S. 355 amended by Act 5 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]

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