18 U.S.C. § 2191 — Cruelty to seamen

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 82 words · no verdicts yet

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A master or officer who flogs, beats, wounds, unjustifiably imprisons, inadequately feeds, or cruelly punishes a crew member of a United States vessel may be fined or imprisoned for up to five years, or both.

A master or officer of a United States vessel, on the high seas or other waters within United States admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, may not flog, beat, or wound a crew member; imprison a crew member without justification; withhold suitable food and nourishment; or inflict corporal or other cruel and unusual punishment. A violator may be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, being the master or officer of a vessel of the United States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, flogs, beats, wounds, or without justifiable cause, imprisons any of the crew of such vessel, or withholds from them suitable food and nourishment, or inflicts upon them any corporal or other cruel and unusual punishment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 800; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 800
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3498

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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