United States Code · Section
§ 1656 — Conversion Or Surrender Of Vessel
18 U.S.C. § 1656
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Whoever, being a captain or other officer or mariner of a vessel upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, piratically or feloniously runs away with such vessel, or with any goods or merchandise thereof, to the value of $50 or over; orWhoever yields up such vessel voluntarily to any pirate—Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
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