Section 455: Interfering with navigation works

Any person who‐
(1) wilfully and unlawfully removes or disturbs any fixed objects or materials used for
securing a bank or wall of a river, canal, aqueduct, reservoir, or inland water, or for
securing any work which appertains to a dock, canal, aqueduct, reservoir, or inland
water, or which is used for purposes of navigation or lading or unlading goods; or
(2) unlawfully does any act with intent to obstruct the carrying on, completion, or
maintenance of the navigation of a navigable river or canal, and thereby obstructs
such carrying on, completion, or maintenance,
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.