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18 U.S.C. § 1652 — Citizens as pirates

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 59 words · no verdicts yet

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This section addresses citizens as pirates. It states the specific rules described in the explanation.

Anyone who, being a citizen of the United States, commits any murder or robbery, or any act of hostility against the United States, or against any citizen of it, on the high seas, under color of any commission from any foreign prince, or state, or on pretense of authority from any person, is a pirate, and must be imprisoned for life.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, being a citizen of the United States, commits any murder or robbery, or any act of hostility against the United States, or against any citizen thereof, on the high seas, under color of any commission from any foreign prince, or state, or on pretense of authority from any person, is a pirate, and 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

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

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