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shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both.

§ 1506. Raffles or gift enterprises for charitable purposes

The Governor may issue a permit for conducting a raffle or gift enterprise whenever it appears to him after proper investigation that the gross proceeds of the enterprise are to be used for charitable purposes. When the permit has been issued by the Governor, sections 1501-1506 of this title do not apply to the raffle or gift enterprise it authorizes to be conducted.

§ 1507. Proof upon trial for violation of lottery laws

Upon a trial for the violation of a provision of this subchapter, or other law for the suppression of lotteries, it is not necessary to prove: (1) the existence of a lottery in which a lottery ticket purports to have been issued;

(2) the actual signing of a lottery ticket or share of a pretended lottery; or

(3) that a lottery ticket, share or interest was signed or issued by the authority of a manager or person assuming to have authority as manager.

Proof of the sale, furnishing, bartering or procuring of a ticket, share or interest therein, or of an instrument purporting to be a ticket, or part or share of any such ticket, is evidence that the share or interest was signed and issued according to the purport thereof.

Subchapter II-Gambling

§ 1531. Conducting gambling game for percentage

Whoever, either as owner, agent or employee, conducts or carries on, whether for gain or a chance for gain by deducting a percentage either of the profits or of the stake being hazarded, any game for money, checks, credit or other representative of value, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. § 1532. Possessing or permitting maintenance of gambling de

vice or game

Whoever has in his possession or under his control, or permits to be placed, maintained or kept in a room, space, inclosure or building owned, leased or occupied by him, or under his control or management, a device or game on which money or other valuable thing is staked or hazarded and as a result the money or valuable thing may be won or lost, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both.

§ 1533. Possessing or permitting maintenance of slot or other gambling machine

Whoever has in his possession or under his control, either as owner, agent, employee or otherwise, or permits to be placed, maintained or kept in any room, space, inclosure or building owned, leased or occupied by him, or under his management or control, a slot or card machine, contrivance, appliance or mechanical device, upon the result of action of which money or other valuable thing is staked or hazarded, and which is operated or played by placing or depositing therein coins, checks, slugs or other articles or device, or in any other manner, and by means whereof, or as a result of the operation of which, any merchandise, money, check, token or other representative or article of value, redeemable in or exchangeable for money or any other thing of value, is won or lost, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both.

Sec.

CHAPTER 79-MALICIOUS OR OTHER INJURY TO

PROPERTY

SUBCHAPTER I-MALICIOUS MISCHIEF GENERALLY

1561. Malicious injury to property generally.

1562. Willful injury to real property.

1563. Incendiarism.

1564. Injury to or destruction of fence.

1565. Injuring or tampering with vehicle, motorboat, launch or aircraft.

1566. Destruction of written instrument belonging to another.

SUBCHAPTER II-INJURIES TO CANAL PROPERTY OR OTHER PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC

PROPERTY

1591. Injury to or obstruction of Canal, locks, or dams.

1592. Injuring or obstructing communication, power, lighting, control, or signal lines, stations, or systems; hindering transmission.

1593. Destroying boundary or subaqueous cable markers.

1594. Injury to or removal of boundary or survey monuments.

1595. Injury to monuments, works of art, or trees.

1596. Breaking or obstructing gas or water pipes.

1597. Injuring water system or fire protection apparatus, etc.; misusing or wasting water.

1598. Taking water from or disturbing irrigation or other canals, etc.

1599. Injury to structures erected to create power or conduct or store water. 1600. Destroying or injuring places of confinement.

1601. Regulations governing placement of signs on lands or structures in Canal Zone; penalties for violation.

1602. Trespassing upon posted Government reservations; destruction or removal of signs.

Subchapter I-Malicious Mischief Generally

§ 1561. Malicious injury to property generally

Whoever maliciously injures or destroys any real or personal property not his own, in cases otherwise than such as are specified in this title, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. The specification of the acts enumerated in the other sections of this subchapter and in sections 232, 233, 1106 and 1421 of this title does not restrict or qualify the interpretation of this section.

§ 1562. Willful injury to real property

Whoever willfully commits a trespass by either:

(1) cutting down, destroying or injuring any kind of wood or timber standing or growing upon the lands of another, or upon public lands;

(2) carrying away any kind of wood or timber lying on such lands;

(8) maliciously injuring or destroying standing crops, fruits, or vegetables, the property of another, in any case for which a punishment is not otherwise prescribed by this title;

(4) digging, taking or carrying away from any lot without the license of the owner or legal occupant thereof, earth, soil or stone;

(5) digging, taking or carrying away from any land recognized or established as a street, alley, avenue or park, without the license of the proper authorities, earth, soil or stone; or

(6) putting up, affixing, fastening, printing or painting upon the property of any person, without license from the owner, a notice, advertisement, or designation of, or any name for any commodity, whether for sale or otherwise, or a picture, sign or device intended to call attention thereto

shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail for not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 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 would 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. Injury 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 any 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

(3) obstructs, hinders, or delays the transmission or distribution of power or lighting by means of any such line, station, or system

shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years, or both.

§ 1593. Destroying boundary or subaqueous cable markers Whoever willfully or maliciously:

(1) removes a monument erected for the purpose

of designating a point in the boundary of a lot or tract of land, or a place where a subaqueous telegraph cable lies;

(2) defaces or alters the marks upon a monument erected for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) of this section; or

(3) cuts down or removes a tree upon which marks have been made for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (1) of this section, with intent to destroy the marks—

shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 1594. Injury to or removal of boundary or survey monuments Whoever willfully injures, defaces or removes a signal, monument, building or appurtenance thereto, placed, erected or used by persons engaged in the United States Coast and Geodetic Surveys, surveys of the United States Army, Navy, or Air Force, or other Government surveys, or the Panama Canal Company, or a public service company, knowing it to be a boundary or survey monument, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.

§ 1595. Injury to monuments, works of art, or trees

Whoever, not the owner thereof, willfully injures, disfigures or destroys a monument, work of art, or useful or ornamental improvement, or a shade tree or ornamental plant growing therein, whether situated upon private grounds or on a street, sidewalk or public park, or place, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 1596. Breaking or obstructing gas or water pipes

Whoever willfully breaks, digs up, obstructs or injures a pipe or main for conducting gas or water, or works erected for supplying buildings with gas or water, or an appurtenance or appendage connected therewith, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 1597. Injuring water system or fire protection apparatus, etc.; misusing or wasting water

Whoever:

(1) without authority, removes, obstructs, injures, molests, or tampers with any tool, fixture, apparatus, equipment, machinery or building of any kind whatsoever connected with or necessary to the proper and efficient operation of the water systems or for fire protection within the Canal Zone; or

(2) willfully misuses or wastes, or causes to be misused or wasted, water supplied from the water mains owned or operated by any agency of the United States

shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 1598. Taking water from or disturbing irrigation or other canals, etc.

Whoever, without authority of the owner or managing agent:

(1) takes water from a canal, ditch, flume or reservoir used for the purpose of holding or conveying water for manufacturing, agriculture, irrigation, generation of power, or domestic uses, with intent to defraud;

(2) raises, lowers, or otherwise disturbs a gate or other apparatus thereof used for the control or measurement of water; or

(3) empties or places into a canal, ditch, flume or reservoir, used for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1) of this section, rubbish, filth or obstruction to the free flow of the watershall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

§ 1599. Injury to structures erected to create power or conduct or store water

Whoever willfully or maliciously:

(1) cuts, breaks, injures or destroys a bridge, dam, canal, flume, aqueduct, levee, embankment, reservoir or other structure erected to create hydraulic power, or to drain or reclaim a swamp or overflowed tide or marsh land, or to store or conduct water for agricultural or other purposes, or for the supply of the inhabitants of a city or town, or an embankment necessary to it, or either of them;

(2) makes an aperture in a dam, canal, flume, aqueduct, reservoir, embankment, levee or structure erected for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1) of this section, with intent to injure or destroy it; or

(3) draws up, cuts or injures a pile fixed in the ground for the purpose of securing a sea bank or sea wall, or a dock, quay, jetty, lock or sea wall

shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than two years, or both.

§ 1600. Destroying or injuring places of confinement

Whoever willfully destroys or injures a public jail or other place of confinement, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both; but if the damage or injury to the jail or other place of confinement is determined to be $200 or less, he shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both.

§ 1601. Regulations governing placement of signs on lands or structures in Canal Zone; penalties for violation

(a) The Governor may prescribe, and from time to time amend, regulations governing the construction or placing of signs, bills, posters, or other advertising devices on lands, buildings, or other structures in the Canal Zone.

(b) Whoever violates a regulation issued under subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. Every day that an advertising device remains upon land or a structure, in violation of a regulation issued under subsection (a) of this section, constitutes a separate offense. § 1602. Trespassing upon posted Government reservations; destruction or removal of signs

(a) The Governor may cause any reservation or other place belonging to or under the control of the United States or an agency thereof to be posted by printed or painted signs, conspicuously placed at or near the reservation or place from which the public is to be ex

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