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72d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 109 . FEBRUARY 21, 1933 . "3 . Willfully receives any money or allowance for or on account of any money which he has not laid out or to any deceit or collusion with intent to deceive the court become answerable for, is guilty of a felony. a niet~eg by dance of "145T. Every attorney who, either directly or indirectly, buys or is interested in buying any evidence of debt or thing in action, with intent to bring suit thereon, is guilty of a misdemeanor . who may advertise "145c . Any person other than one regularly admitted to the bar as a ttorn ey, of the district court of the Canal Zone who advertises or represents himse lf as practi cing o r enti tled to pra ctice law in any court of the Canal Zone, other than for himself, is guilty of a misdemeanor ." SEC. 50 . That section 148 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : n~ea~oL "SEC. 148. Murder which is perpetrated by means of poison, lying in wait, torture, or by other willful, deliberate, or premeditated act or acts, or which is committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate arson, rape, robbery, burglary or mayhem, is murder of the first degree, and all other kinds of murders are of the second degree." SEC. 50a . That section 162 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows Kidnapping .

" SEC. 162 . Kidna pping is punis hable by impri sonment in the penitentiary not more than fifty years." SEC . 50b . That section 163 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is Child stealing .

hereby amended to read as follows Punishment for . " SEC . 163. Every person who maliciously, forcibly or fraudulent) takes or entices away any child under the age of twelve years, with inte nt to detain and c oncea l such child from its pa rent, guard ian, o r other person having the lawful charge of such child, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than fifty years ." SEC . 50c. That section 164 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone Attempts to km .

is hereby amended to read as follows Administeri ng po i- "SEC . 164. Every person who, with intent to kill, administers, or sons' causes or procures to be administered to another, any poison or other noxi ous or destr uctive subs tance or liq uid, b ut by which death is no t caused, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than twenty years ." SEC . 50d . That section 165 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone Assaults.

is hereby amended to read as follows : 866 Train wreck ing . Punishment for. "SEC. 165. Every person who assaults another with intent to com- mit murder is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than twenty years ." SEC . 50e . That section 166 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows : "SEC. 166 . Every person who shall unlawfully throw out a switch, remove a rail, or place any obstruction on any railroad, tramway, or electric railway, with the intent pf derailing any passenger, freight, or other car, or who shall unlawfully board anq passenger train with intent of robbing the same, or who shall unlawfully lace any dyna- mite or any other explosive material or any obstruction on the track of any railroad, tramway, or electric railway, with the intent of blowing up or derailing any passenger, freight, or other car, or who shall unlawfully set fire to any railroad, tramway, or electric railway, bridge or trestle, over which any passenger, freight or other car must pass, with intent of wrecking said car, upon conviction thereof shall be adjudged guilty of a felony, and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than forty years ." SEC. 51 . That section 167 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows