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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS. -CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 and gas mains and pipes, structures, and buildings, whereby or in con- nection with which water or gas may be furnished to any national- defense premises or to the military or naval forces of the United States, and all electric light and power, steam or pneumatic power, telephone and telegraph plants, poles, wires, and fixtures and wireless stations, and the buildings connected with the maintenance and opera- tion thereof used to supply water, light, heat, power, or facilities of communication to any national-defense premises or to the military or naval forces of the United States. § 2152. FORTIFICATIONS, HARBOR DEFENSES, OR DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS Whoever willfully trespasses upon, injures, or destroys any of the works or property or material of any submarine mine or torpedo or fortification or harbor-defense system owned or constructed or in process of construction by the United States; or Whoever willfully interferes with the operation or use of any such submarine mine, torpedo, fortification, or harbor-defense system; or Whoever knowingly, willfully, or wantonly violates any duly author- ized and promulgated order or regulation of the President governing persons or vessels within the limits of defensive sea areas, which the President, for purposes of national defense, may from time to time establish by executive order- Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 2153. DESTRUCTION OF WAR MATERIAL (a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in preparing for or carrying on the war, or, with reason to believe that his act may injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in preparing for or carrying on the war, willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to so injure or destroy, any war material, war premises, or war utilities, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than thirty years, or both. (b) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section. § 2154. PRODUCTION OF DFFECTIVE WAR MATERIAL (a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in preparing for or carrying on the war, or, with reason to believe that his act may injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in preparing for or carrying on the war, willfully makes or causes to be made in a efective manner, or attempts to make or cause to be made in a defective manner any war material, or any tool, implement, machine, utensil, or receptacle used or employed in making, producing, manufacturing, or repairing any such war mate- rial, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than thirty years, or both. (b) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the con- spiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section. § 2155. DESTRUCTION OF NATIONAL-DEFENSE MATERIABL Whoever, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States, willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to so injure or destroy, any national-defense material, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. 799

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