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[CITE: 46USC14701]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                     Part J--Measurement of Vessels
 
                         CHAPTER 147--PENALTIES
 
Sec. 14701. General violation

    The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and 
individual in charge of a vessel violating this part or a regulation 
prescribed under this part are each liable to the United States 
Government for a civil penalty of not more than $20,000. Each day of a 
continuing violation is a separate violation. The vessel also is liable 
in rem for the penalty.

(Added Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1925.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 14701
    Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 83j.
    Section 14701 provides that the owner, charterer, managing operator, 
agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel violating Part J--
Measurement of Vessels--are each liable to the U.S. Government for a 
civil penalty of not more than $20,000. It also provides that the vessel 
is liable in rem for the penalty and that each day of a continuing 
violation is a separate violation.
