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[CITE: 46USC10321]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
              CHAPTER 103--FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
 
Sec. 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, 
Sec. 412, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2437.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10321.............................  46:567
                                    46:568
                                    46:571
                                    46:661
                                    46:665
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    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.''
