                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                   CHAPTER 81--PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING
 
Sec. 1655. Assault on commander as piracy

    Whoever, being a seaman, lays violent hands upon his commander, to 
hinder and prevent his fighting in defense of his vessel or the goods 
intrusted to him, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 485 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 294, 35 Stat. 1146).
    A minor verbal change was made.
