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[CITE: 48USC1417]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                        CHAPTER 8--GUANO ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1417. Criminal jurisdiction

    All acts done, and offenses or crimes committed, on any island, 
rock, or key mentioned in section 1411 of this title, by persons who may 
land thereon, or in the waters adjacent thereto, shall be deemed 
committed on the high seas, on board a merchant ship or vessel belonging 
to the United States; and shall be punished according to the laws of the 
United States relating to such ships or vessels and offenses on the high 
seas, which laws for the purpose aforesaid are extended over such 
islands, rocks, and keys.

(R.S. Sec. 5576.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 5576 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 164, Sec. 6, 11 
Stat. 120.


                            Cross References

    Crimes committed on any island, rock, or key, containing deposits of 
guano, which may be considered as appertaining to the United States, to 
be punished as crimes under admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, see 
section 7 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
