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Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 81 - Piracy and Privateering
Sec. 1652 - Citizens as pirates
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| 18 U.S.C. § 1652 (2018) |
| §1652. Citizens as pirates |
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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. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774.) |
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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. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 81 - PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING Sec. 1652 - Citizens as pirates |
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| January 14, 2019 |
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| 35 Stat. 1147 62 Stat. 774 |
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