Clause 73

Despite the provisions of any other written law, any person who commits any act of vandalism or attempts to do any such act or causes any such act to be done shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a punishment set out in the following table:Type of vandalismProperty vandalised Conviction Punishment on conviction1.Delible vandalismAny property First conviction under this Act Liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years2.Delible vandalismAny private property that is not designated private property Second or subsequent conviction under this Act Liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years3.Delible vandalism(a)Any public property; or

Any designated private property Second or subsequent conviction under this Act Liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years and, subject to sections 325(1) and 330(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, liable to caning with not more than 8 strokes4.Indelible vandalismAny private property that is not designated private property Any conviction Liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years5.Indelible vandalism(a)Any public property; or

Any designated private property Any conviction Liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years and, subject to sections 325(1) and 330(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, liable to caning with not more than 8 strokes6.Destructive vandalismPublic property Any conviction Liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years and, subject to sections 325(1) and 330(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, liable to caning with not more than 8 strokes.(2) In this section —“delible vandalism” means an act falling within —

paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “act of vandalism” in section 2, if the writing, drawing, mark or inscription is done with pencil, crayon, chalk or other delible substance or thing and not with paint, tar or other indelible substance or thing; or

paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii) of that definition;“destructive vandalism” means an act falling within paragraph (b) of the definition of “act of vandalism” in section 2;“indelible vandalism” means an act falling within paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “act of vandalism” in section 2, other than an act of delible vandalism.”.