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Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure (Sections 1 - 6005)
Part I - Crimes (Sections 1 - 2725)
Chapter 81 - Piracy and Privateering (Sections 1651 - 1661)
Sec. 1661 - Robbery ashore
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 81 - PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING Sec. 1661 - Robbery ashore |
Contains | section 1661 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 775. |
Statutes at Large References | 35 Stat. 1147 62 Stat. 775 |
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18 U.S.C. § 1661 (2015)
§1661. Robbery ashore
Whoever, being engaged in any piratical cruise or enterprise, or being of the crew of any piratical vessel, lands from such vessel and commits robbery on shore, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 775.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §493 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §302, 35 Stat. 1147).
Transposition of several words was made.
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