(1)A person commits piracy who does any act that, by the law of nations, is piracy.
Section history
Section 130B — Piracy by law of nations. Cf. 12 and 13 Victoria c. 96 (Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act 1849)
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
(2)Whoever commits piracy shall be punished with imprisonment for life and with caning with not less than 12 strokes2026shall be liable to caning2026, but if while committing or attempting to commit piracy he murders or attempts to murder another person or does any act that is likely to endanger the life of another person he shall be punished with death.