Any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns, or by the use of any explosive device, accelerant, ignition device, heat-producing device or substance or while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance in violation of subsection G of Section 2-401 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, destroys in whole or in part, or causes to be burned or destroyed, or aids, counsels or procures the burning or destruction of any building or structure or contents thereof, inhabited or occupied by one or more persons, whether the property of that person or another, or who willfully and maliciously sets fire to or burns, or by the use of any explosive device, accelerant, ignition device, heat-producing device or substance or while manufacturing or attempting to manufacture a controlled dangerous substance in violation of subsection G of Section 2-401 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, causes a person to be burned, or aids, counsels or procures the burning of a person, shall be guilty of arson in the first degree, which is a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or be confined to the State Penitentiary for not more than thirty-five (35) years or both.

Laws 1967, SB 99, c. 115, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 1967; Amended by Laws 1979, SB 149, c. 165, § 1, emerg. eff. May 15, 1979; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2603, c. 145, § 1, eff. November 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 347 (effective date changed 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 June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 240, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1142, c. 28, § 1, eff. November 1, 2001 (superseded document available).