                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                          CHAPTER 50--GAMBLING
 
Sec. 1083. Transportation between shore and ship; penalties

    (a) It shall be unlawful to operate or use, or to permit the 
operation or use of, a vessel for the carriage or transportation, or for 
any part of the carriage or transportation, either directly or 
indirectly, of any passengers, for hire or otherwise, between a point or 
place within the United States and a gambling ship which is not within 
the jurisdiction of any State. This section does not apply to any 
carriage or transportation to or from a vessel in case of emergency 
involving the safety or protection of life or property.
    (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe necessary and 
reasonable rules and regulations to enforce this section and to prevent 
violations of its provisions.
    For the operation or use of any vessel in violation of this section 
or of any rule or regulation issued hereunder, the owner or charterer of 
such vessel shall be subject to a civil penalty of $200 for each 
passenger carried or transported in violation of such provisions, and 
the master or other person in charge of such vessel shall be subject to 
a civil penalty of $300. Such penalty shall constitute a lien on such 
vessel, and proceedings to enforce such lien may be brought summarily by 
way of libel in any court of the United States having jurisdiction 
thereof. The Secretary of the Treasury may mitigate or remit any of the 
penalties provided by this section on such terms as he deems proper.

(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 23, 63 Stat. 92.)
