18 U.S.C. § 1651 — Piracy under law of nations

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This section addresses piracy under law of nations. It states the specific rules described in the explanation.

Anyone who, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is later brought into or found in the United States, must be imprisoned for life.

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Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774.)

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1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 774

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