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”.
In addition to existing provisions, the Act also established a new offense involving complicity in piracy. According to this law, individuals who "knowingly or willingly … aid and assist, or maintain, procure, command, counsel, or advise" others to commit piracy are deemed accessories to the crime.