Section 22-3305 - Placing explosives with intent to destroy or injure property

Placing explosives with intent to destroy or injure property

Whoever places, or causes to be placed, in, upon, under, against, or near to any building, car, vessel, monument, statue, or structure, gunpowder or any explosive substance of any kind whatsoever, with intent to destroy, throw down, or injure the whole or any part thereof, although no damage is done, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 and by imprisonment for not less than 2 years or more than 10 years.

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(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 854, § 825a; Mar. 3, 1905, 33 Stat. 1033, ch. 1461; Dec. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 739, Pub. L. 90-226, title VI, § 607.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 22-3105.
1973 Ed., § 22-3105.

Current through September 13, 2012