Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) A person shall not unlawfully destroy or injure any property.
(2) A person shall not unlawfully and maliciously kill, maim, or wound any animal the property of any other person.
(2A) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.
(3) A person shall not unlawfully remove, displace, deface, obliterate, or conceal any –
set up or posted by or on behalf of a public authority.(a) boundary mark;
(b) beacon;
(c) survey mark;
(d) mark used in setting out any work;
(e) milestone or kilometre post;
(f) sign post; or
(g) notice –
(3A) A person who contravenes a provision of subsection (3) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding 2 penalty units.
(4) A person shall not carelessly or negligently break, throw down, destroy, or damage a lamp erected to light a street in a town or a post, iron, cover, or other furniture of such a lamp.
(4A) A person must not unlawfully damage or interfere with any work of a council or any material used or provided for that work.
(5) A person who contravenes subsection (4) or (4A) is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one penalty unit.