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Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 111 - Shipping
Sec. 2272 - Destruction of vessel by owner
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| 18 U.S.C. § 2272 (2022) |
| §2272. Destruction of vessel by owner |
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Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and corruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel of which he is owner, in whole or in part, with intent to injure any person that may underwrite any policy of insurance thereon, or any merchant that may have goods thereon, or any other owner of such vessel, shall be imprisoned for life or for any term of years. |
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803.) |
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §491 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §300, 35 Stat. 1147). |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 111 - SHIPPING Sec. 2272 - Destruction of vessel by owner |
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| January 5, 2023 |
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| 35 Stat. 1147 62 Stat. 803 |
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