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2023 U.S. Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 81 - Piracy and Privateering
Sec. 1651 - Piracy under law of nations

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Citation 18 U.S.C. § 1651 (2023)
Section Name §1651. Piracy under law of nations
Section Text

Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life.
Source Credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774.)
Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §481 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §290, 35 Stat. 1145).
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 5, 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. 1651 - Piracy under law of nations
Contains section 1651
Date 2023
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2024
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 35 Stat. 1145
62 Stat. 774
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