Whoever intentionally makes or causes to be made any defect in any article or thing with reasonable grounds to believe that such article or thing is intended to be used in connection with the preparation of the United States or any of the states for defense or for war, or for the prosecution of war by the United States, or that such article or thing is one of a number of similar articles or things, some of which are intended so to be used, shall be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or both; provided, if such person so acts with the intent to hinder, delay or interfere with the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war, or with the prosecution of war by the United States, the minimum punishment shall be imprisonment for not less than one (1) year.

Laws 1941, HB 55, p. 85, § 3; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 316 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr., HB 1009, c. 5, § 214, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 124, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).