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[CITE: 30USC1461]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
             CHAPTER 26--DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--ENFORCEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1461. Prohibited acts

    It is unlawful for any person who is a United States citizen, or a 
foreign national on board a vessel documented or numbered under the laws 
of the United States, or subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States under a reciprocating state agreement negotiated under section 
1428(e) of this title--
        (1) to violate any provision of this chapter, any regulation 
    issued under this chapter, or any term, condition, or restriction of 
    any license or permit issued to such person under this chapter;
        (2) to engage in exploration or commercial recovery after the 
    revocation, or during the period of suspension, of an applicable 
    license or permit issued under this chapter, to engage in a 
    particular exploration or commercial recovery activity during the 
    period such activity has been suspended under this chapter, or to 
    fail to modify a particular exploration or commercial recovery 
    activity for which modification was required under this chapter;
        (3) to refuse to permit any Federal officer or employee 
    authorized to monitor or enforce the provisions of this chapter, as 
    provided in sections 1424 and 1464 of this title, to board a vessel 
    documented or numbered under the laws of the United States, or any 
    vessel for which such boarding is authorized by a treaty or 
    executive agreement, for purposes of conducting any search or 
    inspection in connection with the monitoring or enforcement of this 
    chapter or any regulation, term, condition, or restriction referred 
    to in paragraph (1);
        (4) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or 
    interfere with any such authorized officer or employee in the 
    conduct of any search or inspection described in paragraph (3);
        (5) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this 
    section;
        (6) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, 
    export, or have custody, control, or possession of any hard mineral 
    resource recovered, processed, or retained in violation of this 
    chapter or any regulation, term, condition, or restriction referred 
    to in paragraph (1); or
        (7) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the 
    apprehension or arrest of any other person subject to this section 
    knowing that such other person has committed any act prohibited by 
    this section.

(Pub. L. 96-283, title III, Sec. 301, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 577.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1462, 1463, 1464, 1466 of 
this title.
