2022 U.S. Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 111 - Shipping
Sec. 2276 - Breaking and entering vessel
| 18 U.S.C. § 2276 (2022) |
| §2276. Breaking and entering vessel |
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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. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 804; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) |
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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. EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $1,000". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 111 - SHIPPING Sec. 2276 - Breaking and entering vessel |
| section 2276 |
| 2022 |
| January 5, 2023 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 35 Stat. 1147 62 Stat. 804 108 Stat. 2147 |
| Public Law 103-322 |
