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Piracy and Mutiny


Piracy
     It is robbery or forcible depredation on the high seas without lawful authority and done with intent to steal and in the spirit and intention of universal hostility. Piracy is triable everywhere.

Ways of Committing Piracy
1. By attacking or seizing a vessel on the high seas of the Philippine waters.
2. By seizing the vessel while on the high seas or in Philippine waters the whole or part of its cargo, its equipment or personal belongings of its complement or passengers.

Mutiny
     It is the unlawful resistance to a superior, or the raising of commotions and disturbance on board the ship against the authority of its commander.

            PIRACY                                                                              MUTINY
1. Place of Commission
                                    Either Philippine waters or the high seas
2. Persons of Offender
          Committed by strangers to the Vessel                           Committed by the members of the crew
                                                                                     or passengers.
3.Intention
          Intention to gain is essential                                          The offenders may only intend to ignore
                                                                                     the ships officers or they may be prompted by a
                                                                                     desire to commit plunder.

Qualified Piracy
    For piracy to be considered as qualified, it must involve the following circumstances:
1. Offenders have seized the vessel by boarding or firing upon the same.
2. Pirates have abandoned their victims without means of saving themselves.
3. The crime is accompanied by murder, homicide, physical injuries, or rape.
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