c. 266, § 107

Bridge or canal; injury

Up to 5 years Property Crimes Ch. 266 · Crimes Against Property

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Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right breaks down, injures, removes or destroys a public bridge, or a lock, culvert or embankment of a canal, or wilfully, intentionally and without right makes an aperture or breach in such embankment with intent to destroy or injure the same, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.

Simplified explanation

Wilfully and without right damaging or destroying a public bridge or a canal lock, culvert or embankment, or breaching a canal embankment, is punishable by up to 5 years in state prison.