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[CITE: 50USC192]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
       CHAPTER 12--VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 192. Seizure and forfeiture of vessel; fine and 
        imprisonment
        
    If any owner, agent, master, officer, or person in charge, or any 
member of the crew of any such vessel fails to comply with any 
regulation or rule issued or order given under the provisions of this 
title,\1\ or obstructs or interferes with the exercise of any power 
conferred by this title,\1\ the vessel, together with her tackle, 
apparel, furniture, and equipment, shall be subject to seizure and 
forfeiture to the United States in the same manner as merchandise is 
forfeited for violation of the customs revenue laws; and the person 
guilty of such failure, obstruction, or interference shall be punished 
by imprisonment for not more than ten years and may, in the discretion 
of the court, be fined not more than $10,000.
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    (a) If any other person knowingly fails to comply with any 
regulation or rule issued or order given under the provisions of this 
title,\1\ or knowingly obstructs or interferes with the exercise of any 
power conferred by this title,\1\ he shall be punished by imprisonment 
for not more than ten years and may, at the discretion of the court, be 
fined not more than $10,000.

(June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title II, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 220; Mar. 28, 1940, 
ch. 72, Sec. 3(a), 54 Stat. 79; Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, Sec. 3, 55 Stat. 
763; Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 656, Sec. 3, 64 Stat. 428.)

                       References in Text

    This title, referred to in text, means title II of act June 15, 
1917, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 220, as amended, which enacted sections 191 and 
192 to 194 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Tables.


                               Amendments

    1950--Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 9, 1950, added subsec. (a).
    1941--Act Nov. 15, 1941, struck out ``by the Secretary of the 
Treasury or the Governor of the Panama Canal'' before ``under the 
provisions of this title''.
    1940--Act Mar. 28, 1940, increased term of imprisonment.


                   Termination Date of 1950 Amendment

    For termination of amendment by act Aug. 9, 1950, see section 4 of 
act Aug. 9, 1950, set out as a note under section 191 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 42 section 267.
