Whoever, being the master or officer of a vessel of the United States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, flogs, beats, wounds, or without justifiable cause, imprisons any of the crew of such vessel, or withholds from them suitable food and nourishment, or inflicts upon them any corporal or other cruel and unusual punishment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 800Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8)110 Stat. 3498(, ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
section 712 of title 46Dec. 21, 1898, ch. 28, § 2230 Stat. 761Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 29135 Stat. 1145Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 482 and , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Shipping (, ; , ).
section 482 of title 18section 712 of title 46Section consolidates , U.S.C., 1940 ed., and the following language from , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Shipping, prohibiting flogging and corporal punishment: “and any master or other officer thereof who shall violate the aforesaid provisions of this section, or either thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two years.” That language was the basis for the addition of the word “flogs” and the words “any corporal or other” for the word “any.” The punishment imposed by section 482 was adopted as that was the later statute as incorporated in 1909 Criminal Code.
section 712 of title 46section 1 of this titleWords “shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,” contained in said , were omitted in view of definitive .
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 104–2941996— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.