# Ordnance Survey Act 1841, Section 7: Penalty on removing or defacing boundary stones, &c.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

If any person not duly authorized shall take away, remove, or displace, or alter the situation of any boundary stone, post, block, bolt, or mark, which shall be set up and placed for the purposes of this Act, . . . he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale. shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £25level 1 on the standard scale . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/4-5/30/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ordnance-survey-act-1841/section-7
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