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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645 -JUNE 25, 1948 775 jurisdiction of the United States, piratically or feloniously runs away with such vessel, or with any goods or merchandise thereof, to the value of $50 or over; or Whoever yields up such vessel voluntarily to any pirate- Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. §1657. CORRUPTION OF SEAMEN AND CONFEDERATING WITH PIRATES Whoever attempts to corrupt any commander, master, officer, or mariner to yield up or to run away with any vessel, or any goods, wares, or merchandise, or to turn pirate or to go over to or confederate with pirates, or in any wise to trade with any pirate, knowing him to be such; or Whoever furnishes such pirate with any ammunition, stores, or pro- visions of any kind; or Whoever fits out any vessel knowingly and, with a design to trade with, supply, or correspond with any pirate or robber upon the seas; or Whoever consults, combines, confederates, or corresponds with any pirate or robber upon the seas, knowing him to be guilty of any piracy or robbery; or Whoever, being a seaman, confines the master of any vessel- Shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. § 1658. PLUNDER OF DITRESSED VESSEL (a) Whoever plunders, steals, or destroys any money, goods, merchandise, or other effects from or belonging to any vessel in distress, or wrecked, lost, stranded, or cast away, upon the sea, or upon any reef, shoal, bank, or rocks of the sea, or in any other place within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. (b) Whoever willfully obstructs the escape of any person endeavor- ing to save his life from such vessel, or the wreck thereof; or Whoever holds out or shows any false light, or extinguishes any true light, with intent to bring any vessel sailing upon the sea into danger or distress or shipwreck- Shall be imprisoned not less than ten years and may be imprisoned for life. § 1659. ATTACK TO PLUNDER VESSEL Whoever, upon the high seas or other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, by surprise or open force, maliciously attacks or sets upon any vessel belonging to another, with an intent unlawfully to plunder the same, or to despoil any owner thereof of any moneys, goods, or mechandise laden on board thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. § 1660. RECEPT OF PIRATE PROPERTY Whoever, without lawful authority, receives or takes into custody any vessel, goods, or other property, feloniously taken by any robber or pirate against the laws of the United States, knowing the same to have been feloniously taken, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. § 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.

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