§ 2194. — Shanghaiing sailors.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2194]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 107--SEAMEN AND STOWAWAYS
Sec. 2194. Shanghaiing sailors
Whoever, with intent that any person shall perform service or labor
of any kind on board of any vessel engaged in trade and commerce among
the several States or with foreign nations, or on board of any vessel of
the United States engaged in navigating the high seas or any navigable
water of the United States, procures or induces, or attempts to procure
or induce, another, by force or threats or by representations which he
knows or believes to be untrue, or while the person so procured or
induced is intoxicated or under the influence of any drug, to go on
board of any such vessel, or to sign or in anywise enter into any
agreement to go on board of any such vessel to perform service or labor
thereon; or
Whoever knowingly detains on board of any such vessel any person so
procured or induced to go on board, or to enter into any agreement to go
on board, by any means herein defined--
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 800; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI,
Sec. 601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 144 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 82, 35 Stat. 1103).
Reference to persons aiding or abetting was omitted as unnecessary
as such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology and arrangement.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-294 substituted ``fined under this title'' for
``fined not more than $1,000'' in last par.
