Section 30 Placing gunpowder near a building, with intent to do bodily injury to any person.C2C1
Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously place or throw in, into, upon, against, or near any building, ship, or vessel any gunpowder or other explosive substance, with intent to do any bodily injury to any person, shall, whether or not any explosion take place, and whether or not any bodily injury be effected, be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years . . . F1 or to be imprisoned . . . F2
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
- F2
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54) and Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. I
Modifications
- C1
S. 30 extended (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 13, ss. 1(2)(b), 10(2)
- C2
Ss. 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 extended by Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 (c. 17, SIF 39:2), s. 1