1997 U.S. Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 11 - REGULATION OF LANDING, CURING, AND SALE OF SPONGES TAKEN FROM GULF OF MEXICO AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA
Sec. 783 - Punishment for violations of law; liability of vessels
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 11 - REGULATION OF LANDING, CURING, AND SALE OF SPONGES TAKEN FROM GULF OF MEXICO AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA Sec. 783 - Punishment for violations of law; liability of vessels |
| Contains | section 783 |
| Date | 1997 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, §3, 38 Stat. 692. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 38 Stat. 692 |
§783. Punishment for violations of law; liability of vessels
Every person, partnership, or association guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to a fine of not more than 0, and in addition such fine shall be a lien against the vessel or boat on which the offense is committed, and said vessel or boat shall be seized and proceeded against by process of libel in any court having jurisdiction of the offense.
(Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 253, §3, 38 Stat. 692.)
Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureAdmiralty and maritime rules of practice (which included libel procedures) were superseded, and civil and admiralty procedures in United States district courts were unified, effective July 1, 1966, see rule 1 and Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Cross ReferencesForfeitures and seizures—
Jurisdiction, see sections 1333, 1355, and 1356 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Proceedings, see section 2461 of Title 28.
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