18 U.S.C. § 2273 — Destruction of vessel by nonowner
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 56 words · no verdicts yet
This section makes destruction of a vessel by a nonowner a crime. It states the prohibited conduct and penalty.
Whoever, not being an owner, 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 the United States to which he belongs, or willfully attempts the destruction of it, is imprisoned not more than ten years.
Whoever, not being an owner, 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 the United States to which he belongs, or willfully attempts the destruction thereof, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 804.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 804
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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