Section 179A - Causing loss, damage or injury to property

(1) A person who by a wilful act or omission causes loss, damage or injury to the property of a public body or an agency of the Republic commits a criminal offence.

(2) A person who in the course of a transaction or business with a public body or an agency of the Republic intentionally causes damage or loss whether economic or otherwise to that body or agency commits a criminal offence.

(3) A person commits a criminal offence through whose wilful, malicious or fraudulent action or omission

(a) the Republic incurs a financial loss, or

(b) the security of the Republic is endangered.

(4) In this section “public body” includes the Republic, the Government, a public board or corporation, a public institution and a company or any other body in which the Republic or a public corporation or other statutory body has a proprietary interest.