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Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958
94BCausing fire in the Fire Rescue Victoria fire district with intent to cause damage etc.
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94B Causing fire in the Fire Rescue Victoria fire district with intent to cause damage etc.
(1) A person must not, without lawful excuse, do an act in the Fire Rescue Victoria fire district that causes a fire, or is for the purpose of causing a fire, intending to destroy any vegetation, produce, stock, crop, fodder or other property belonging to another person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for not less than 12 months and not more than 20 years.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person does the act under the direction or control of an officer or employee of Fire Rescue Victoria for the purposes of establishing a firebreak.
S. 94C inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 84.