244. Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to cause injury to any person

Any public servant knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will, by such disobedience cause injury to any person is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $12,000 and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.

Illustration

A, being an officer directed by law to take property in the execution to satisfy a decree pronounced in B’s favour by a Court, knowingly disobeys that direction of law with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to B. A has committed an offence under in this section.