Prohibition of removal etc., of lamps.

No person shall, without lawful authority, take away or wilfully break, throw down or damage—

1. (a) any lamp, lamp-post or lamp-iron set up in any public street or any municipal market or building vesting in the corporation;
2. (b) any electric wire for lighting any such lamp;
3. (c) any post, pole, standard, stay, strut, brackets or other contrivance for carrying, suspending or supporting any such electric wire or lamp; and no person shall wilfully extinguish the light or damage any appurtenance of any such lamp.