Whoever, by setting or having fire set to one of the objects enumerated in the previous sub paragraph and which belong to him, wilfully causes any damage whatsoever to another, shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years. The same penalty shall apply to whosoever wilfully sets fire, either to straw or crops in wind rolls or mound, or wood laid out in heaps or cubes, cars or wagons whether loaded or not with goods, or other movable objects which are not part of a convoy containing people, if these objects do not belong to him/her, shall be punished with imprisonment of ten to twenty years. Whoever, while setting or having fire set to one of the objects enumerated in the previous sub paragraph and which belong to him/her wilfully causes any harm to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of between five to ten years. The same penalty shall apply to whoever set the fire as ordered by the owner. Whoever extends the fire outbreak to one of the objects enumerated in the previous sub paragraphs, by wilfully setting fire to any objects whatsoever owned by him/her, or another and placed in a manner that the fire can spread, shall be punished with the penalty as if he/she set the fire directly to one of the said objects. The death penalty shall apply in instances where the fire causes the death of one or more people. However, in case fire is wilfully set to forests, woods or thickets, the death penalty or imprisonment shall apply depending on the respective cases only if the fire was started with criminal intent. If the fire was wilfully light for the personal purpose of farming or other, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment of between three months to three years as well as a fine of between 20,000 to 200,000 francs. If the arson caused loss of human life, the term of imprisonment may be increased to five years. PARAGRAPH Il : ACCIDENTAL FIRE ARTICLE 306: Without prejudice to damages, whosoever, by mistake, carelessness, inattentiveness, negligence, or non-compliance with regulations causes a fire in the movable or immovable property of another, shall be punished with imprisonment of between six months to three years as well as a fine of between 50,000 to 1,000,000. The term of imprisonment herein above may be increased to five years and the fine doubled when the felony specified above is committed in a company, plant, factory, sales shop or storage warehouse and generally in any place where private or public property could be kept and when this causes material damage worth over 1,000,000 francs. Whoever, through mistake, carelessness, inattentiveness, negligence, or non-compliance with regulations, outside protected areas defined by forestry law, accidentally starts a fire or a wildfire in violation of the relevant laws, shall without prejudice to damages, be punished with imprisonment of between one month to two years and a fine of between 20,000 to 300,000 francs, or only one of these two penalties. PARAGRAPH III: DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS – PLACEMENT OF EXPLOSIVES ARTICLE 307: Whoever wilfully and other than through explosion or fire destroys totally or partially, buildings, dwellings, dykes, pavements, ships, boats, aircrafts, vehicles of any kind, warehouses or construction sites or their outhouses, bridges, public or private roads, wells, hydraulic installations or all other public utility structures, shall be punished with imprisonment of between five to twenty years and optionally residency prohibition of between one to twenty years, without prejudices to penalties for homicide, if the destruction or attempted destruction cause the death of somebody. If the felony provided for in the previous paragraph is committed using an explosive device, the death penalty shall apply. Placement of an explosive device with criminal intent on a public or private road shall be considered attempted wilful murder. 52

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