2014 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 9 - Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally (Sections 400 - 467n)
Subchapter I - In General (Sections 400 - 430)
Sec. 411 - Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY SUBCHAPTER I - IN GENERAL Sec. 411 - Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally |
Contains | section 411 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, §16, 30 Stat. 1153; Pub. L. 104-303, title II, §218(a), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3696. |
Statutes at Large References | 30 Stat. 1153 110 Stat. 3696 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 104-303 |
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Every person and every corporation that shall violate, or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sections 407, 408, 409, 414, and 415 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of up to $25,000 per day, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction.
(Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, §16, 30 Stat. 1153; Pub. L. 104–303, title II, §218(a), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3696.)
CODIFICATIONSection is from part of section 16 of act Mar. 3, 1899, popularly known as the "Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899". The balance of such section, relating to liability of masters, pilots, and so forth and of vessels engaged in violations, is classified to section 412 of this title.
AMENDMENTS1996—Pub. L. 104–303 substituted "407, 408, 409, 414, and 415" for "407, 408, and 409" and "of up to $25,000 per day" for "not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars".
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