§803-22 - Secreting prisoners on board; penalty. - Hawaii Statutes

     §803-22  Secreting prisoners on board; penalty.  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, §11; RL 1925, §855; RL 1935, §1755; RL 1945, §10713; RL 1955, §255-13; HRS §708-22; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]