§ 238-a. Damaging military or naval equipment, supplies or stores. A\nperson who, wilfully or maliciously:\n 1. Injures or destroys any article of equipment or supplies or\nmilitary or naval stores of or for the military or naval forces of the\nUnited States or of or for the state of New York or of or for any\nforeign government with which the United States maintains diplomatic\nrelations, or any article used or intended for use in the production or\nmanufacture of any such article; or\n 2. Injures or destroys any building, structure, or vessel used or\noccupied by the military or naval forces of the United States or of the\nstate of New York or of any foreign government with which the United\nStates maintains diplomatic relations, or any article used or intended\nfor use in the const
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§ 238-a. Damaging military or naval equipment, supplies or stores. A\nperson who, wilfully or maliciously:\n 1. Injures or destroys any article of equipment or supplies or\nmilitary or naval stores of or for the military or naval forces of the\nUnited States or of or for the state of New York or of or for any\nforeign government with which the United States maintains diplomatic\nrelations, or any article used or intended for use in the production or\nmanufacture of any such article; or\n 2. Injures or destroys any building, structure, or vessel used or\noccupied by the military or naval forces of the United States or of the\nstate of New York or of any foreign government with which the United\nStates maintains diplomatic relations, or any article used or intended\nfor use in the construction or operation of any such building, structure\nor vessel; or\n 3. Injures or destroys any building, structure, or vessel used or\noccupied in the production of any article mentioned in subdivision one\nof this section or any article used or intended for use in the\nconstruction or operation of any such building, structure, or vessel; or\n 4. Injures or destroys any machine, tool, implement, plan, fuel, fuel\nline, power line, generator or transformer used or intended for use in\nthe production of any article mentioned in subdivisions one, two or\nthree of this section or used or intended to be used in the construction\nor operation of any building, structure, or vessel mentioned in\nsubdivision two or three of this section; or tampers with any such\nmachine, tool, implement, plan, fuel, fuel line, power line, generator\nor transformer with intent to lessen its efficiency in the production of\nany such article; or\n 5. Injures or destroys any railroad engine or car, or any vehicle, or\nany vessel used or intended for use in the transportation of any article\nor machine mentioned in subdivision one, two, three or four of this\nsection, or tampers with any such engine, car, vehicle, or vessel with\nintent to lessen its efficiency in the transportation of any such\narticle, or with intent to hinder, delay, or obstruct any military or\nnaval operation or defense preparation of the United States or the state\nof New York or of any foreign government with which the United States\nmaintains diplomatic relations; or\n 6. Injures, destroys, obstructs, or tampers with any railroad,\nhighway, bridge, canal or river with intent to interfere with or delay\nthe transportation of any article or machine mentioned in subdivisions\none, two, three, four or five of this section, or with intent to hinder,\nobstruct, or delay any military or naval operation or defense\npreparation of the United States or the state of New York or of any\nforeign government with which the United States maintains diplomatic\nrelations; or\n 7. Unlawfully seizes or carries away or injures or destroys or tampers\nwith any property with intent to hinder, obstruct, or delay any military\nor naval operation or defense preparation of the United States or the\nstate of New York or of any foreign government with which the United\nStates maintains diplomatic relations; or\n 8. Injuries, alters, defaces, mutilates or in any manner or by any\nmeans changes any plans, drawings, designs or specifications intended to\nbe used or useful in constructing, manufacturing or assembling ordnance,\ninstruments, equipment, implements, devices or any material needed for\nor intended to be used in the defense of the United States or this state\nby the military or naval forces of the United States or any foreign\ngovernment with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations,\nwith intent to hinder, delay, obstruct, impair, destroy or interfere\nwith the use of such ordnance, instruments, equipment, implements,\ndevices or material or the efficiency or effectiveness thereof;\n Is guilty of a felony and whoever attempts to commit any of the crimes\ndefined by this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be liable\nto one-half the maximum punishment prescribed for the completed crime.\n 9. In any criminal proceeding before any court, magistrate or grand\njury for a violation of this section, the court or grand jury may confer\nimmunity in accordance with the provisions of section 50.20 or 190.40 of\nthe criminal procedure law.\n