This Act also added the offence of being an accessory to piracy. Under the Act, any individual who may “knowingly or willingly … aid and assist, or maintain, procure, command, counsel, or advise” and persons to commit any act of piracy “shall be deemed and adjudged to be accessory to such piracy”.
This legislation also included the charge of being an accomplice to piracy. Under this law, anyone who "knowingly or willingly … aids and assists, or maintains, procures, commands, counsels, or advises" others to commit piracy is considered an accessory to such piracy.