General penalty

1. Law
2. USC 46
3. Shipping
4. Vessels and Seamen
5. Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
6. FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
7. General penalty

§10321. General penalty

(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 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
10321	46:567 46:568 46:571 46:661 46:665

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.

Amendments

1993-Pub. L. 103–206 amended heading and text of section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, or master of a vessel on which a seaman is carried in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $200 for each seaman carried in violation. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty."

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