Section 75 — Criminal Code: Piratical acts

Every one who, while in or out of Canada, steals a Canadian ship, steals or without lawful authority throws overboard, damages or destroys anything that is part of the cargo, supplies or fittings in a Canadian ship, does or attempts to do a mutinous act on a Canadian ship, or 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.