U.S.C. Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 18 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 81 - PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING Sec. 1661 - Robbery ashore From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §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 Notes Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §493 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §302, 35 Stat. 1147). Transposition of several words was made.
18 U.S.C. § 1661
§1661. Robbery ashore
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