Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1653


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1653. Aliens as pirates

      Whoever, being a citizen or subject of any foreign state, is
    found and taken on the sea making war upon the United States, or
    cruising against the vessels and property thereof, or of the
    citizens of the same, contrary to the provisions of any treaty
    existing between the United States and the state of which the
    offender is a citizen or subject, when by such treaty such acts are
    declared to be piracy, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for
    life.



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