Guam § 43 - Theft of Utilities.

§ 43. Theft of Utilities.

(a) A person is guilty of theft if he knowingly tampers with,

alters or by-passes meters for the purpose of obtaining electrical

power, gas or water without paying compensation to the entity

providing such services. A person commits theft if he knowingly

diverts telephone service, electrical power, gas or water to his own

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benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled thereto with the

intent to avoid payment to the entity providing such service.

(b) Unauthorized Electrical Connections; Bypass or

Obstruction of Meter. Every user, contractor or business who shall

unlawfully and knowingly injure, alter, or procure to be injured,

make or cause to be made any connection in any manner

whatsoever with any electric wire or electric appliance of any

character whatsoever operated by any user, users, corporations or

government entities authorized to generate, transmit and sell

electric current, or who shall so willfully and knowingly with

intent to injure or defraud, use or cause to be used any such

connection in such manner as to supply any electric current for

heat or light or power to any electric lamp, apparatus or device,

by, or at which electric current is consumed or otherwise used or

wasted, without passing through a meter for the measuring and

registering of the quantity passing through such electric wire or

apparatus, or who shall, knowingly or with like intent injure, alter

or procure to be injured or altered any electric meter, or obstruct

its working, or procure the same to be tampered with or injured,

or use or cause to be used any electric meter, or appliance so

tampered with or injured, shall be deemed guilty of a theft

constituting a felony in the third degree, and shall be subject to

any and all fines, penalties and terms of imprisonment applicable

by law, as well as any and all fines payable to the Guam Power

Authority.