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[CITE: 46USC3502]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
                   CHAPTER 35--CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS
 
Sec. 3502. List or count of passengers

    (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual 
in charge of the following categories of vessels carrying passengers 
shall keep a correct list of passengers received and delivered from day 
to day:
        (1) vessels arriving from foreign ports (except at United States 
    Great Lakes ports from Canadian Great Lakes ports).
        (2) seagoing vessels in the coastwise trade.
        (3) passenger vessels making voyages of more than 300 miles on 
    the Great Lakes except from a Canadian to a United States port.

    (b) The master of a vessel carrying passengers (except a vessel 
listed in subsection (a) of this section) shall keep a correct count of 
all passengers received and delivered.
    (c) Lists and counts required under this section shall be open to 
the inspection of designated officials of the Coast Guard and the 
Customs Service at all times. The total number of passengers shall be 
provided to the Coast Guard when requested.
    (d) This section applies to a foreign vessel arriving at a United 
States port.
    (e) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual 
in charge of a passenger vessel failing to make a list or count of 
passengers as required by this section is liable to the United States 
Government for a civil penalty of $100. The vessel also is liable in rem 
for the penalty.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 519.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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3502..............................  46:460
                                    46:460a
                                    46:461
                                    46:462
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    Section 3502 is related to section 3501 and requires the listing or 
counting of passengers on certain vessels. This requirement applies to 
large as well as small passenger vessels when operating on the types of 
voyages enumerated. This section also applies to a foreign vessel 
arriving at a port or place in the United States.
