Whoever, being engaged in any piratical cruise or enterprise, or being of the crew of any piratical vessel, lands from such vessel and commits robbery on shore, is a pirate, and shall be imprisoned for life.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645,
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §493 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §302,
Transposition of several words was made.