Damage to equipment

(1) Any person who maliciously damages, removes or destroys any facility, works or other installation of a public telecommunications network or a public telecommunications service or of any telecommunications service operated by the Police Service, the Fire Service, the Prison Service or the Belize Defence Force commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both. (2) A person who negligently damages, removes or destroys any facility, works or other installation described in sub-section (1), commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars. debt.