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–470– -470§ 1563. Incendiarism Whoever maliciously burns a building, structure, vessel, boat, craft, or vehicle, not the subject of arson, or any growing or standing crop, grass or tree, or any grass, forest, woods, timber, brush-covered land, or slashing, cut over land, or a bridge, tent, fence, railroad car, lumber, or railroad tie, not his property, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years, or both. § 1564. Opening or injuring fence Whoever willfully or maliciously opens and leaves open, or injures or destroys, a fence on the enclosed land of another, to make passage through the enclosure, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1565. Injuring or tampering with vehicle, motorboat, launch or aircraft (a) Whoever, without the consent of the owner of a vehicle: (1) willfully injures or tampers with the vehicle or the contents thereof; (2) breaks or removes any part of or from the vehicle; (3) climbs into or upon the vehicle whether it is in motion or at rest, with intent to commit malicious mischief, or injury or other crimes; or (4) manipulates or attempts to manipulate any of the levers, starting mechanism, brakes, or other mechanism or device of the vehicle while it is at rest and unattended— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. (b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, "vehicle" has the meaning given to it by section 61 of Title 1, and also includes a motorboat, launch, or aircraft. § 1566. Destruction of written instrument belonging to another Whoever maliciously mutilates, tears, defaces, obliterates or destroys a written instrument, the property of another, the false making of which woiild be forgery, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years. Subchapter II—Injuries to Canal Property or Other Public or Semi-Public Property § 1591. In jury to or obstruction of Canal, locks, or dams Whoever, by any means or in any way, injures or obstructs or attempts to injure or obstruct any part of the Panama Canal or the locks or dams thereof or the approaches thereto, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 20 years, or both. § 1592. Injuring or obstructing communication, power, lighting, control, or signal lines, stations, or systems; hindering transmission Whoever willfully or maliciously: (1) injures or destroys any of the works, property, or material of a radio, telegraph, telephone, cable, or television line, station, or system, or other means of communication, or of a power or lighting line, station, or system, or other means of power or lighting transmission or distribution, or of a control or signal line, station, or system, whether anj' such line, station, or system be constructed or in process of construction; (2) interferes in any way with the working or use of any such line, station, or system; or

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