Statute · United States Code
18 U.S.C. § 1651 — Piracy under law of nations
18 U.S.C. § 1651
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- estate-planning
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.
Citator
18 U.S.C. § 1651 — Piracy under law of nations is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
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.