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101. USING CORROSIVES, EXPLOSIVES, WEAPONS, OR DANGEROUS MEANS

(1)  A person who uses a cutlass, knife, razor, sword, dagger, bayonet, fireworks or any explosive, corrosive, dangerous, deadly, or destructive means or instrument—

(a)  if he or she does so with intent unlawfully to cause harm to another, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for one year;

(b)  if he or she does so with intent unlawfully to wound or to cause grievous harm to any person, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 years;

(c)  if he or she does so with intent unlawfully to maim or to cause dangerous harm to any person, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 20 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for 10 years.

(2)  A person who, in or in the vicinity of a public place, recklessly or maliciously—

(a) casts or throws at or upon or otherwise applies to another–

(i)  any corrosive fluid or any destructive or explosive substance,

(ii)  any other dangerous or noxious matter;

(b) causes any explosive substance to explode, with intent in any such case to alarm or cause panic, burn, maim, disfigure or disable another or to cause some dangerous harm to another commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for not less than 5 years nor more than 20 years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for not less than 3 years nor more than 10 years.