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[CITE: 46USC11504]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                   CHAPTER 115--OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
 
Sec. 11504. Enforcement of forfeitures

    When an offense by a seaman also is a criminal violation, it is not 
necessary that a criminal proceeding be brought to enforce a forfeiture.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 584.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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11504.............................  46:705
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    Section 11504 provides that when a seaman has committed a criminal 
offense, a forfeiture may be enforced through civil proceedings.
