Section 238-A. Damaging military or naval equipment, supplies or stores  


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  • A
      person who, wilfully or maliciously:
        1. Injures or  destroys  any  article  of  equipment  or  supplies  or
      military  or  naval stores of or for the military or naval forces of the
      United States or of or for the state of  New  York  or  of  or  for  any
      foreign  government  with  which  the United States maintains diplomatic
      relations, or any article used or intended for use in the production  or
      manufacture of any such article; or
        2.  Injures  or  destroys  any  building, structure, or vessel used or
      occupied by the military or naval forces of the United States or of  the
      state  of  New  York  or of any foreign government with which the United
      States maintains diplomatic relations, or any article used  or  intended
      for use in the construction or operation of any such building, structure
      or vessel; or
        3.  Injures  or  destroys  any  building, structure, or vessel used or
      occupied in the production of any article mentioned in  subdivision  one
      of  this  section  or  any  article  used  or  intended  for  use in the
      construction or operation of any such building, structure, or vessel; or
        4. Injures or destroys any machine, tool, implement, plan, fuel,  fuel
      line,  power  line, generator or transformer used or intended for use in
      the production of any article mentioned  in  subdivisions  one,  two  or
      three of this section or used or intended to be used in the construction
      or  operation  of  any  building,  structure,  or  vessel  mentioned  in
      subdivision two or three of this  section;  or  tampers  with  any  such
      machine,  tool,  implement, plan, fuel, fuel line, power line, generator
      or transformer with intent to lessen its efficiency in the production of
      any such article; or
        5. Injures or destroys any railroad engine or car, or any vehicle,  or
      any vessel used or intended for use in the transportation of any article
      or  machine  mentioned  in  subdivision  one, two, three or four of this
      section, or tampers with any such engine, car, vehicle, or  vessel  with
      intent  to  lessen  its  efficiency  in  the  transportation of any such
      article, or with intent to hinder, delay, or obstruct  any  military  or
      naval operation or defense preparation of the United States or the state
      of  New  York  or of any foreign government with which the United States
      maintains diplomatic relations; or
        6.  Injures,  destroys,  obstructs,  or  tampers  with  any  railroad,
      highway,  bridge,  canal or river with intent to interfere with or delay
      the transportation of any article or machine mentioned  in  subdivisions
      one, two, three, four or five of this section, or with intent to hinder,
      obstruct,   or   delay  any  military  or  naval  operation  or  defense
      preparation of the United States or the state of  New  York  or  of  any
      foreign  government  with  which  the United States maintains diplomatic
      relations; or
        7. Unlawfully seizes or carries away or injures or destroys or tampers
      with any property with intent to hinder, obstruct, or delay any military
      or naval operation or defense preparation of the United  States  or  the
      state  of  New  York  or of any foreign government with which the United
      States maintains diplomatic relations; or
        8. Injuries, alters, defaces, mutilates or in any  manner  or  by  any
      means changes any plans, drawings, designs or specifications intended to
      be used or useful in constructing, manufacturing or assembling ordnance,
      instruments,  equipment,  implements, devices or any material needed for
      or intended to be used in the defense of the United States or this state
      by the military or naval forces of the  United  States  or  any  foreign
      government  with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations,
      with intent to hinder, delay, obstruct,  impair,  destroy  or  interfere
    
      with  the  use  of  such  ordnance,  instruments, equipment, implements,
      devices or material or the efficiency or effectiveness thereof;
        Is guilty of a felony and whoever attempts to commit any of the crimes
      defined  by this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be liable
      to one-half the maximum punishment prescribed for the completed crime.
        9. In any criminal proceeding before any court,  magistrate  or  grand
      jury for a violation of this section, the court or grand jury may confer
      immunity in accordance with the provisions of section 50.20 or 190.40 of
      the criminal procedure law.