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A.D. 1868.
SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY.
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(2.) aids, assists, maintains, procures, commands, counsels, or advises with murder any person whomsoever to do or commit any piracy, and, in consequence of such setting forth, aid, assistance, maintenance, procurement, command, counsel, or advice, a piracy with murder is committed, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall suffer death or be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for life or for any term not less than fourteen years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
4. Every person who-
(1.) trades with any pirate, knowing him to be guilty of piracy or to be fitted out with the intention of committing piracy; or,
(2.) with the like knowledge, furnishes any pirate with arms, ammunitions, provisions, or stores of any kind; or
(3.) fits out any junk, vessel, or boat knowingly, and with a design to trade with, supply, or correspond with any pirate; or
(4.) in any way consults, combines, confederates, or corresponds with any pirate, knowing him to be guilty of piracy,
shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding ten years and not less than five years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
5. Every person who-
Trading, etc., with pirate.
Receiving, taking into custody junk, etc., pirati.
(1.) knowingly receives, entertains, or conceals any person guilty of piracy or an act of piracy; or
(2.) takes into his custody, without lawful authority or excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on such person), any junk, vessel, boat, goods, or chattels which has or have been feloniously taken by such pirate,
shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding ten years and not less than five years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour: Provided that the expression "takes into his custody" shall be satisfied by proof that the goods and chattels alleged to have been taken into custody were found in any house or premises, or on board any junk, vessel, or boat, within which the person charged may be found and of which said goods and chattels he is unable to give a satisfactory account.
6. Every person who, being found within the Colony on board any junk, vessel, or boat equipped for the purposes of piracy, is unable to satisfy the Court that he was not on board such junk, vessel, or boat