2015 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions (Sections 1 - 2004)
Chapter 8 - Guano Islands (Sections 1411 - 1419)
Sec. 1417 - Criminal jurisdiction
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 8 - GUANO ISLANDS Sec. 1417 - Criminal jurisdiction |
| Contains | section 1417 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | R.S. §5576. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 11 Stat. 120 |
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All acts done, and offenses or crimes committed, on any island, rock, or key mentioned in section 1411 of this title, by persons who may land thereon, or in the waters adjacent thereto, shall be deemed committed on the high seas, on board a merchant ship or vessel belonging to the United States; and shall be punished according to the laws of the United States relating to such ships or vessels and offenses on the high seas, which laws for the purpose aforesaid are extended over such islands, rocks, and keys.
(R.S. §5576.)
CODIFICATIONR.S. §5576 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, §6, 11 Stat. 120.
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