18-U.S.C.-2276

§2276 – Breaking and Entering Vessel

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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 111 > Section 2276

Details

• Reference: Section 2276
• Legend: §2276 – Breaking and Entering Vessel
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, breaks or enters any vessel with intent to commit any felony, or maliciously cuts, spoils, or destroys any cordage, cable, buoys, buoy rope, head fast, or other fast, fixed to the anchor or moorings belonging to any vessel, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 804; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §490 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §299, 35 Stat. 1147).

Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $1,000.

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18-U.S.C.-2273 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Criminal Law

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18-U.S.C.-2260A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Crimes

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