18 U.S.C. § 2272 — Destruction of vessel by owner
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 80 words · no verdicts yet
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Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and corruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel of which he is owner, in whole or in part, with intent to injure any person that may underwrite any policy of insurance thereon, or any merchant that may have goods thereon, or any other owner of such vessel, shall be imprisoned for life or for any term of years.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 803
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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