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[CITE: 46USC4504]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
       CHAPTER 45--UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS
 
Sec. 4504. Prohibited acts

    A person may not operate a vessel in violation of this chapter or a 
regulation prescribed under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 98-364, title IV, Sec. 402(7)(C), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 
447; amended Pub. L. 100-424, Sec. 2(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1587.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-424 amended section generally, substituting 
``Prohibited acts'' for ``Penalties'' in section catchline, and 
provisions prohibiting operation of vessel in violation of this chapter, 
for provisions which imposed civil penalty not more than $1,000 for 
operation of vessel in violation of chapter, and liability in rem for 
penalty.
