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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES · § 10321

§ 10321. General penalty

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(a)A person violating any provision of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.
(b)The vessel is liable in rem for any penalty assessed under this section.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 569; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 412, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2437.)
Section 10321 makes a vessel on which a seaman is carried to sea in violation of this chapter or regulation prescribed under this chapter liable in rem to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $200 for each seaman carried in violation.
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  • Pub. L. 98–89
  • 97 Stat. 569
  • Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 412
  • 107 Stat. 2437
  • Pub. L. 103–206
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