§ 386. — Commissioning private vessels for seizure of piratical vessels.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC386]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 7--REGULATIONS FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY
Sec. 386. Commissioning private vessels for seizure of piratical
vessels
The President is authorized to instruct the commanders of the
public-armed vessels of the United States, and to authorize the
commanders of any other armed vessels sailing under the authority of any
letters of marque and reprisal granted by Congress, or the commanders of
any other suitable vessels, to subdue, seize, take, and, if on the high
seas, to send into any port of the United States, any vessel or boat
built, purchased, fitted out, or held as mentioned in section 385 of
this title.
(R.S. Sec. 4298.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 4298 derived from act Aug. 5, 1861, ch. 48, Sec. 2, 12
Stat. 315.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 385 of this title.
