(1) A person shall not, without lawful authority or reasonable cause, interfere or attempt to interfere with the mechanism of a vehicle while it is stationary, or get on or into or attempt to get on or into the vehicle while it is so stationary.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €2,000 or, at the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(3) Where a member of the Garda Síochána has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is committing or has committed an offence under this section, he may arrest the person without warrant.
(4) This section shall not apply to a person taking, in relation to a vehicle which is obstructing his lawful ingress or egress to or from any place, such steps as are reasonably necessary to move the vehicle by human propulsion for a distance sufficient
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