18 U.S.C. § 1651

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 1651 - Piracy under law of nations

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.

18 U.S.C. § 1651

June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §481 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §290, 35 Stat. 1145).