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[CITE: 33USC392]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER 8--SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS
 
Sec. 392. Complaint and answer; jury trial

    At the summary trial of offenses against the laws for the protection 
of persons or property engaged in commerce or navigation, it shall not 
be necessary that the accused shall have been previously indicted, but a 
statement of complaint, verified by oath in writing, shall be presented 
to the court, setting out the offense in such manner as clearly to 
apprise the accused of the character of the offense complained of, and 
to enable him to answer the complaint. The complaint or statement shall 
be read to the accused, who may plead to or answer the same, or make a 
counterstatement. The trial shall thereupon be proceeded with in a 
summary manner, and the case shall be decided by the court, unless, at 
the time for pleading or answering, the accused shall demand a jury, in 
which case the trial shall be upon the complaint and plea of not guilty.

(R.S. Sec. 4301.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 4301 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 121, Secs. 3, 4, 
13 Stat. 125.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 47 section 31.
