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IPC Section 437 - Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of tw enty tons
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IPC Section 437 deals with mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of tw enty tons.
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437. Mischief with intent to destroy or make unsafe a decked vessel or one of tw enty tons
burden.--Whoever commits mischief to any decked vessel or any vessel of a burden of twenty tons or
upwards, intending to destroy or render unsafe, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby destroy or
render unsafe, that vessel, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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