18-U.S.C.-1652

§1652 – Citizens As Pirates

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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 81 > Section 1652

Details

• Reference: Section 1652
• Legend: §1652 – Citizens As Pirates
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

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.

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

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §495 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §304, 35 Stat. 1147).

Words Notwithstanding the pretense of such authority, were omitted as surplusage.

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