§ 1660. — Receipt of pirate property.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1660]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 81--PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING
Sec. 1660. Receipt of pirate property
Whoever, without lawful authority, receives or takes into custody
any vessel, goods, or other property, feloniously taken by any robber or
pirate against the laws of the United States, knowing the same to have
been feloniously taken, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 775.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 552 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 334, 35 Stat. 1152).
Provision relating to concealment of pirate and words ``is an
accessory after the fact to such robbery or piracy'' were omitted in
view of definitive section 3 of this title.
