Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 2191


   
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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