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Part 2 Specific Offenses
Chapter 35 Offenses of Destruction, Abandonment, and Damage of Property
Article 352
A person who destroys or damages a document belonging to another and causes injury to the public or another or makes them useless hall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than thirty thousand dollars.
Article 353
A person who damages, or renders useless a structure, mine, or vessel belonging to another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months but not more than five years.
If death results from the commission of the offense, the offender shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for not less than seven years; if aggravated injury results, the offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three years but not more than ten years.
An attempt to commit an offense specified in paragraph 1 is punishable.
Article 354
A person who abandon, destroys, damages, or renders useless a thing belonging to another which is not specified in the two preceding articles and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
Article 355
A person who for purpose to cause loss to another fraudulently causes him or a third person to dispose of property thereby causing a property loss shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
Article 356
A debtor who for purpose to impair the rights of his creditors damages, disposes of, or conceals his property at a time when compulsory execution is about to take place shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
Article 357
Prosecution for an offense specified in Article 352 or Articles 354 through 356 may be instituted only upon complaint.