2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part H - Identification of Vessels (§§ 12101 - 12507)
Chapter 121 - DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS (§§ 12101 - 12152)
Subchapter IV - PENALTIES (§§ 12151 - 12152)
Section 12151 - Penalties
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part H - Identification of Vessels CHAPTER 121 - DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS SUBCHAPTER IV - PENALTIES Sec. 12151 - Penalties |
Contains | section 12151 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1508; Pub. L. 112-213, title III, §309, Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1566. |
Statutes at Large References | 38 Stat. 812 70 Stat. 544 74 Stat. 321 107 Stat. 2220 120 Stat. 1508 126 Stat. 1566 |
Public Law References | Public Law 86-583, Public Law 103-182, Public Law 109-304, Public Law 112-213 |
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(a)
(1)
(2)
(b)
(1) the owner of the vessel or the representative or agent of the owner knowingly falsifies or conceals a material fact, or knowingly makes a false statement or representation, about the documentation of the vessel or in applying for documentation of the vessel;
(2) a certificate of documentation is knowingly and fraudulently used for the vessel;
(3) the vessel is operated after its endorsement has been denied or revoked under section 12152 of this title;
(4) the vessel is employed in a trade without an appropriate endorsement;
(5) the vessel has only a recreational endorsement and is operated other than for pleasure;
(6) the vessel is a documented vessel and is placed under the command of a person not a citizen of the United States, except as authorized by section 12131(b) of this title; or
(7) the vessel is rebuilt outside the United States and a report of the rebuilding is not submitted as required by section 12139(b) of this title.
(c)
(Pub. L. 109–304, §5, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1508; Pub. L. 112–213, title III, §309, Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1566.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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12151(a) | 46:12122(a). | |
12151(b) | 46:12122(b). | |
46 App.:14 (last proviso). | R.S. §4136 (last proviso); Feb. 24, 1915, ch. 57, 38 Stat. 812; Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, §686(a)(4), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2220. | |
46 App.:883a (2d, last sentences). | July 14, 1956, ch. 600, §2 (2d, last sentences), 70 Stat. 544; Pub. L. 86–583, §2, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 321. | |
12151(c) | 46:12122(c). |
In subsection (b), in restating 46 App. U.S.C. 883a (2d, last sentences), the penalty of $200 for the owner and master of the vessel is omitted because subsection (a) provides a general civil penalty for violation of this chapter. The authority to remit or mitigate a penalty under section 2107(b) is omitted because section 2107(b) applies to subtitle II and this section is in subtitle II.
Amendments2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–213 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. (1) heading, substituted “Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person that violates” for “A person that violates” and “$15,000” for “$10,000”, and added par. (2).
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