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Crimes Act 1900
144Offences in relation to railways
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144 Offences in relation to railways
A person who, with intent to obstruct, damage or destroy any light
rail vehicle, railway engine, tender, carriage or truck—
(a) deposits any article or material on or across a railway; or
(b) removes or displaces any rail, sleeper or other thing belonging
to a railway; or
(c) moves or diverts, or fails to move or divert, any point or other
machinery belonging to a railway; or
(d) displays, masks or removes any signal or light on or near a
railway;
or who does, or causes to be done, any other thing with that intent,