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[CITE: 46USC4505]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
       CHAPTER 45--UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS
 
Sec. 4505. Termination of unsafe operations

    An official authorized to enforce this chapter--
        (1) may direct the individual in charge of a vessel to which 
    this chapter applies to immediately take reasonable steps necessary 
    for the safety of individuals on board the vessel if the official 
    observes the vessel being operated in an unsafe condition that the 
    official believes creates an especially hazardous condition, 
    including ordering the individual in charge to return the vessel to 
    a mooring and to remain there until the situation creating the 
    hazard is corrected or ended; and
        (2) may order the individual in charge of an uninspected fish 
    processing vessel that does not have on board the certificate 
    required under section 4503(1) of this title to return the vessel to 
    a mooring and to remain there until the vessel is in compliance with 
    that section.

(Added Pub. L. 100-424, Sec. 2(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1587.)
