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[CITE: 18USC2276]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                          CHAPTER 111--SHIPPING
 
Sec. 2276. Breaking and entering vessel

    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, 
Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 490 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 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''.