HRS §803-22
Hiding a prisoner on a ship and the fine
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law says a ship's captain cannot hide a prisoner on the ship or take the prisoner out of Hawaii. If the captain does this, the captain must pay a fine, and the ship can also be fined and sold to pay it.
The statute, as written — Secreting prisoners on board; penalty
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
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]
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