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  <num>22-301</num>
  <heading>Definition and penalty.</heading>
  <text>Whoever shall maliciously burn or attempt to burn any dwelling, or house, barn, or stable adjoining thereto, or any store, barn, or outhouse, or any shop, office, stable, store, warehouse, or any other building, or any steamboat, vessel, canal boat, or other watercraft, or any railroad car, the property, in whole or in part, of another person, or any church, meetinghouse, schoolhouse, or any of the public buildings in the District, belonging to the United States or to the District of Columbia, shall suffer imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in <cite path="§22-3571.01">§ 22-3571.01</cite>.</text>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="History" doc="Stat. 56-2-ch854" path="§820">Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1323, ch. 854, § 820</annotation>
    <annotation doc="D.C. Law 19-317" type="History">June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 303(j), 60 DCR 2064</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Applicability of <cite doc="D.C. Law 19-317">D.C. Law 19-317</cite>: Section 401 of <cite doc="D.C. Law 19-317">D.C. Law 19-317</cite> provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Emergency Legislation">For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 303(j) of the Criminal Fine Proportionality Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-45, April 1, 2013,  60 DCR 5400, 20 DCSTAT 1300).</annotation>
    <annotation type="Effect of Amendments">The 2013 amendment by <cite doc="D.C. Law 19-317">D.C. Law 19-317</cite> added the last sentence.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1973 Ed., § 22-401.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1981 Ed., § 22-401.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Section References">This section is referenced in <cite path="§22-2101">§ 22-2101</cite>, <cite path="§22-3152">§ 22-3152</cite>, <cite path="§23-546">§ 23-546</cite>, and <cite path="§24-112">§ 24-112</cite>.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Cross References">Murder in the first degree, description, see <cite path="§22-2101">§ 22-2101</cite>.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Cross References">Kindling of bonfires, see <cite path="§22-1313">§ 22-1313</cite>.</annotation>
  </annotations>
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