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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2191. Cruelty to seamen
Whoever, being the master or officer of a vessel of the United
States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within the
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, flogs,
beats, wounds, or without justifiable cause, imprisons any of the
crew of such vessel, or withholds from them suitable food and
nourishment, or inflicts upon them any corporal or other cruel and
unusual punishment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than five years, or both.
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