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[CITE: 33USC1208]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
            CHAPTER 24--VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION
 
Sec. 1208. Penalties


(a) Master, person in charge, or pilot subject to penalty

    Whoever, being the master or person in charge of a vessel subject to 
this chapter, fails to enforce or comply with this chapter or the 
regulation, hereunder; or
    Whoever, being designated by the master or person in charge of a 
vessel subject to this chapter to pilot or direct the movement of the 
vessel, fails to enforce or comply with this chapter or the regulations 
hereunder--
    Is liable to a civil penalty of not more than $500 to be assessed by 
the Secretary.

(b) Vessels subject to penalty; jurisdiction

    Every vessel navigating in violation of this chapter or the 
regulations hereunder is liable to a civil penalty of not more than $500 
to be assessed by the Secretary for which the vessel may be proceeded 
against in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction.

(c) Remission or mitigation

    Any penalty assessed under this section may be remitted or mitigated 
by the Secretary upon such terms as he may deem proper.

(Pub. L. 92-63, Sec. 9, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 165.)
