Criminal Code Act

Section 445

Any person who wilfully and unlawfully sets fire to any of the following things-

(a) a crop of cultivated vegetable produce, whether standing or cut;

(b) a crop of hay or grass under cultivation, whether the natural or indigenous product of the soil or not, and whether standing or cut;

(c) any standing trees, saplings, or shrubs, whether indigenous or not, under cultivation,

is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

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