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[CITE: 46USC6103]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                        Part D--Marine Casualties
 
                 CHAPTER 61--REPORTING MARINE CASUALTIES
 
Sec. 6103. Penalty

    (a) An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or 
individual in charge of a vessel failing to report a casualty as 
required under section 6101 of this title or a regulation prescribed 
under section 6101 or 6102 is liable to the United States Government for 
a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.
    (b) A person failing to comply with section 6104 of this title or a 
regulation prescribed under that section is liable to the Government for 
a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 98-498, title II, 
Sec. 212(b)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306; Pub. L. 100-424, 
Sec. 4(b), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1590; Pub. L. 104-324, title III, 
Secs. 306(a), 314(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3918, 3922.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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6103..............................  33:361
                                    33:362
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    Section 6103 provides for a civil penalty of $1,000 for any owner, 
charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of 
a vessel that fails to report a casualty required to be reported under 
subsection (b) of section 6101 or an incident required to be reported 
under subsection (c) of section 6101.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-324 inserted ``or 6102'' before ``is 
liable'' and substituted ``not more than $25,000'' for ``$1,000''.
    1988--Pub. L. 100-424 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).
    1984--Pub. L. 98-498 struck out ``or incident'' after ``a 
casualty''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-498 effective 180 days after Oct. 19, 1984, 
see section 214 of Pub. L. 98-498, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 2306 of this title.
