Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Piratical acts

75 Every one who, while in or out of Canada,

• (a) steals a Canadian ship,

• (b) steals or without lawful authority throws overboard, damages or destroys anything that is part of the cargo, supplies or fittings in a Canadian ship,

• (c) does or attempts to do a mutinous act on a Canadian ship, or

• (d) counsels a person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),

is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.