### 37AA Unlawfully setting fire to property > [*\[Section 37AA Inserted by No. 15 of 2014, s. 25, Applied:19 Dec 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-12-19/act-2014-015#GS25@EN) > > > (1) [*\[Section 37AA Subsection (1) amended by No. 27 of 2020, s. 27, Applied:01 Jul 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-07-01/act-2020-027#GS27@EN) A person who unlawfully sets fire to any property, and the fire causes damage to any property, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both. > > > (2) In [subsection (1)](#GS37AA@Gs1@EN) – > > > > > ***property*** includes all property and vegetation to which [Chapter XXXI of Part VI of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1924-069#JS1@HPVI@HcXXXI@EN) [Criminal Code](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1924-069) applies. > > > (3) A complaint made for the purposes of the [Justices Act 1959](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1959-077) in relation to an offence against [subsection (1)](#GS37AA@Gs1@EN) is to be made within 12 months after the date of the offence.

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