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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1658. Plunder of distressed vessel
(a) Whoever plunders, steals, or destroys any money, goods,
merchandise, or other effects from or belonging to any vessel in
distress, or wrecked, lost, stranded, or cast away, upon the sea,
or upon any reef, shoal, bank, or rocks of the sea, or in any other
place within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United
States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than
ten years, or both.
(b) Whoever willfully obstructs the escape of any person
endeavoring to save his life from such vessel, or the wreck
thereof; or
Whoever holds out or shows any false light, or extinguishes any
true light, with intent to bring any vessel sailing upon the sea
into danger or distress or shipwreck -
Shall be imprisoned not less than ten years and may be imprisoned
for life.
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