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Criminal Code Act 1899
sch.1-sec.463Setting fire to vegetation
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### sch.1-sec.463 Setting fire to vegetation
Any person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to any of the things following, that is to say—
a crop of cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut;
a crop of hay or grass, whether the natural or indigenous product of the soil or not, and whether under cultivation or not, and whether standing or cut;
any standing trees, saplings, or shrubs, whether indigenous or cultivated;
any grass, other than grass mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
any other vegetation;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 14 years.
sch 1 pt 6 div 2 ch 46 s 463 amd 1986 No. 1 s 61 ; 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2 ; 2020 No. 15 s 50
- (a) a crop of cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut;
- (b) a crop of hay or grass, whether the natural or indigenous product of the soil or not, and whether under cultivation or not, and whether standing or cut;
- (c) any standing trees, saplings, or shrubs, whether indigenous or cultivated;
- (d) any grass, other than grass mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
- (e) any other vegetation;