                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                   CHAPTER 81--PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING
 
Sec. 1656. Conversion or surrender of vessel

    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; or
    Whoever yields up such vessel voluntarily to any pirate--
    Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten 
years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 497 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 306, 35 Stat. 1148).
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $10,000'' in last par.
