 Section 5 of the 1819 act was set to sunset at the end of the next session of Congress . Before that time , Congress made the provision permanent in an 1820 omnibus piracy bill that also defined additional offenses . Section 8 of the Crimes Act of 1790 , § 5 of the 1819 act , and § 3 of the 1820 act were all separately codified in the Revised Statutes in 1874 . Section 8 of the Crimes Act of 1790 was repealed by the Criminal Code of 1909 . 
