ยง803-22 - Secreting prisoners on board; penalty.
ยง803-22ย Secreting prisoners on board;
penalty.ย If the commanding officer of any vessel secretes, or allows to be
secreted, on board the vessel, any prisoner amenable to, or convicted under the
laws of the State, or conveys the prisoner out of the jurisdiction of the
State, the commanding officer shall be fined not less than $50, nor more than
$1,000; and the vessel in which the prisoner is conveyed is liable to a like
fine, for the payment of which the vessel may be seized, condemned, and sold.
[PC 1869, c 66, ยง11; RL 1925, ยง855; RL 1935, ยง1755; RL 1945, ยง10713; RL 1955,
ยง255-13; HRS ยง708-22; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of ยง1; gen ch 1985]