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[CITE: 46USC4507]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part B--Inspection and Regulation of Vessels
 
       CHAPTER 45--UNINSPECTED COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS
 
Sec. 4507. Penalties

    (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and 
individual in charge of a vessel to which this chapter applies which is 
operated in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under 
this chapter may each be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of 
not more than $5,000. Any vessel with respect to which a penalty is 
assessed under this subsection is liable in rem for the penalty.
    (b) A person willfully violating this chapter or a regulation 
prescribed under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000, 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 100-424, Sec. 2(a), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1588.)
