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(1) No person shall do any act with intent to injuriously affect, whether by impairing the efficiency or impeding the working of anything or in any other manner whatsoever, or to cause destruction of or 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 or any Corporation owned or controlled by Government; (b) any railway (as defined in the Indian Railways Act, 1890), 9 of 1890. aerial ropeway (as defined in the Bengal Aerial Ropeways Ben. Act VII of 1923. Act, 1923), tramway, road, canal, canal embankments, protective bunds, sluice-gates, lockgates, bridge, culvert, causeway, port, dockyard, lighthouse, aerodrome (as defined in the Aircraft Act, 1934), air-field, air-strip or any installation 22 of 1934. theron or any telegraph line or post (as defined in the Indian 13 of 1885. Telegraph Act, 1885) ; (c) any rolling stock of a railway or tramway or any vehicle of a State or private transport service or any vessel or aircraft ; (d) any building or other property used in connection with the production, distribution or supply of any essential commo- dity or maintenance, of any essential service, any sewage works, mine or factory ; (e) any prohibited place as defined in sub-section (7) of section 2 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923: 19 of 1923. 54 The West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1972. IX of 1972.1 (Chapter 111.—Prevention of subversive acts.—Section 9.—Chapter IV.— Public Safety and Order.—Sections 10-12.) (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply in relation to any omission on the part of a person to do anything which he is under a duty imposed on him by any 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 for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.