Cap. 9 чл. 317Arson to the commondanger.

Whosoever shall wilfully set fire to any building, vehicle, shed or other place mentioned in the last preceding article, no person being therein at the time of the setting on fire, or whosoever shall wilfully set fire to any combustible substance, and such building, vehicle, shed or other place or such substance is so situated that the fire would communicate to any other building, shed or place, any person being therein at the time, shall, on conviction, be liable -

(a) where the fire had actually communicated, to the punishment of imprisonment for life: Provided that if no person shall perish, the offender shall be liable -

(i) if he could have foreseen that any person was actually in the building, shed or place to which the fire had communicated, to imprisonment for a term from five to nine years;

(ii) otherwise, to imprisonment for a term from three to six years;

(b) where the fire had not communicated to any other building, shed or place, to imprisonment for a term from three to five years.