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Section 21-± False entries or d~struction of records ;'; If'~ ~lerk of any court or other public officer fraud- ulently makes a false entry, or erases, alters; secrets or destroys any recordr ~including a micro photographic copy, in his kee~ing and belonging to his'office, he shall be ~guilty of ~Class 1 ~isdemean0r and shall forfeit his office and be forever incapable of holding ~ny office of honor, profit or trust Under %he ~onstitu~ion of Virginia. with meteri] ny metering device ~ ~ which is used to furnish oil telegraph~telephone~'~ ~e~ectric, gas, ~or water service to the public, or 0therwise intentionally p~e~ent such a metering device from properly~registering the degree, amount or quantity of such service supplied, or who shall divert such service, excepting, however,'telephonicor electronic extension service not owned or controlled by any such company without authorization from the owner of such facility who or which furnished such service to the public, shall be guilty of a Class ~ ~.~ , ~ 1 misdemeanor...., )re~ence-~f ~ metering device found to have been altered,-tampered with, or bypassed in a manner that would cause such metering device to inacc,lrately measure and register the degree, amount or quantity of such service supplied'or which would cause such service to be diverted from the recording apparatus of the meter shall be prima fa~ie evidence or'intent to violate and of the violation of this section by the person~to whose benefit it is that such serw g or g or des' If any person maliciously, or with intent to defraud an insurance company or other person, burns, or by the use of ' - any explosive de~ice or substance, maliciously destroys, in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids, counsels or procures the burning or destruction of any building, bridge, lock, dam or other structure, whether the property of himself or of another, the burning or destruction whereof is not punishable under any other section of this chapter, and if he commits such offense at a time when no person is in such building, or other structure, and such building or other structure, with the property therein, be of a value of less than $200.00, he guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.