18-U.S.C.-1586
§1586 – Service On Vessels In Slave Trade
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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 77 > Section 1586
Details
- Reference: Section 1586
- Legend: §1586 – Service On Vessels In Slave Trade
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Whoever, being a citizen or resident of the United States, voluntarily serves on board of any vessel employed or made use of in the transportation of slaves from any foreign country or place to another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §427 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §252, 35 Stat. 1139).
Mandatory-punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $2,000.
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