41. Breach of contract liable to injure person or property.
Any person who wilfully and maliciously breaks a contract of service or of hiring knowing or having reason to believe that the probable consequences of his so doing, either alone or in combination with others, will be to endanger human life or the efficient operation of any public health service, or cause serious bodily injury, or to expose valuable property whether real or personal to destruction or serious damage, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit, or to both.