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(1) No person shall do an act with intent to injuriously affect, whether by impairing the efficiency or impeding the working of anything or in any other manner whatsocver, or io cause damage to,— (a) any building, vehicle, machinery, apparatus or other property used or intended to be used, for the purpose of Government or -any local authority ; (b) any road, canal, canal embankments, protec- tive bounds, sluice-gates, lockgates, bridge, culvert, air-ficid, air-strip or any installation thereon, or any telegraph line or post (as piace yess defined in the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885) AT o or any wireless installation ; (c) any aircraft ; (d) any building or other property used in connection with the production, distribu- tion or supply of any essential commodity, any sewage works, mine or factory ; ATX of 1923 Penalty for subversive acts. Punishment for: Carrying or posse- ssing any corro- sive substance. Definition of looting. (¢) any prohibited place as defined in sub-sec- tion (8) of section 2 of the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923. (2) The provisions of sublsection (1) shall apply in relation to any omission on the gart of a person to do any-. thing which he is under a duty imposed on him by law or an order of any competent authority to do, as they apply to the doing of any act by a person. (3) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment fora term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.