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destroyed;
(c) being a railway or being any such bridge, viaduct or aqueduct, is damaged, and the
damage is done with intent to render the railway, bridge, viaduct or aqueduct, or the
highway or canal passing over or under it or any part thereof, dangerous or
impassable, and is thereby rendered wholly or partly dangerous or impassable; or
(d) is the pipeline referred to in the Tanzania – Zambia Pipeline Act *(21) and the damage
is done with intent to prevent or obstruct the use of the pipeline,
the offender is liable to imprisonment for life.
(4) If the property in question is a testamentary instrument, whether the testator is living or
dead, or a register which is authorised or required by law to be kept for authenticating or
recording the title to any property, or for recording births, baptisms, marriages, deaths or
burials, or a copy of any part of any such register which is required by law to be sent to any
public officer, the offender is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.
(5) If the property in question is a vessel in distress or wrecked or stranded, or anything
which belongs to the vessel, the offender is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
(6) If the property in question is any part of a railway, or any work connected with a railway,
the offender is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.
(6A) If the property in question is used or intended to be used for the purpose of providing
necessary service, the offender is guilty of an offence and–
(a) if the offence is likely to result in danger to human life or to disrupt, damage, hinder or
interfere with any necessary service or the carrying on of such service, shall be liable
to imprisonment for a term of not less than twenty years but shall not exceed thirty
years;
(b) if the offence is committed in circumstances which do not result in danger to human
life, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than fifteen years but shall not
exceed twenty years.
(6B) In this section, "necessary service" includes–
(a) any service relating to installation, transmission, supply or distribution of electricity or
telecommunication;
(b) any fire service;
(c) any sewerage, rubbish disposal or other sanitation service;
(d) any health, hospital or ambulance service;