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POLICE OFFENCES ACT 1935 - SECT 37

Offences relating to property
(1)  A person shall not unlawfully destroy or injure any property.
(2)  A person shall not unlawfully and maliciously kill, maim, or wound any animal the property of any other person.
(2A)  A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.
(3)  A person shall not unlawfully remove, displace, deface, obliterate, or conceal any –
(a) boundary mark;
(b) beacon;
(c) survey mark;
(d) mark used in setting out any work;
(e) milestone or kilometre post;
(f) sign post; or
(g) notice –
set up or posted by or on behalf of a public authority.
(3A)  A person who contravenes a provision of subsection (3) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 2 penalty units.
(4)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(4A)  A person must not unlawfully damage or interfere with any work of a council or any material used or provided for that work.
(5)  A person who contravenes subsection (4A) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one penalty unit.
(6)  A complaint made for the purposes of the Justices Act 1959 in relation to an offence against subsection (2A) in relation to subsection (1) is to be made within 12 months after the date of the offence.



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