18 U.S.C. § 2272
Destruction of vessel by owner
- Code
- United States Code
- Title
- 18
- Section
- 2272
- Text current through
- Pub. L. 119-111
What does the statute say?
§ 2272. Destruction of vessel by owner
Whoever, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and corruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel of which he is owner, in whole or in part, with intent to injure any person that may underwrite any policy of insurance thereon, or any merchant that may have goods thereon, or any other owner of such vessel, shall be imprisoned for life or for any term of years.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 803.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 491 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 300, 35 Stat. 1147).
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