18 U.S.C. § 1586 — Service on vessels in slave trade
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 50 words · no verdicts yet
This section punishes a United States citizen or resident who voluntarily serves on a vessel transporting slaves between foreign places. The punishment is a fine, up to two years in prison, or both.
A United States citizen or resident who voluntarily serves on a vessel used to transport slaves from one foreign place to another may be fined, imprisoned for up to two years, or both.
Whoever, being a citizen or resident of the United States, voluntarily serves on board of any vessel employed or made use of in the transportation of slaves from any foreign country or place to another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 773
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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