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Criminal Code Act 1924
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268 Arson
*[Section 268 Amended by No. 17 of 1985, s. 4 ]**[Section 268 Amended by No. 7 of 1989, s. 5 ]*Any person who unlawfully sets fire to any building, erection, or structure whatever, whether the same is completed or not, or to any stack or heap of cultivated vegetable produce, or of timber, or of mineral or vegetable fuel, or to any mine, or to any ship or vessel, whether completed or not, is guilty of a crime, which is called arson.
Charge: Arson.