2019 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 9 - Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally
Subchapter III - New York Harbor, Harbor of Hampton Roads, and Harbor of Baltimore
Sec. 450 - Liability of vessel

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 450 (2019)
Section Name §450. Liability of vessel
Section Text

Any boat or vessel used or employed in violating any provision of this subchapter, shall be liable to the pecuniary penalties imposed thereby, and may be proceeded against, summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.

Source Credit

(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, §4, 25 Stat. 210.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of section 4 of act June 29, 1888, which enacted sections 449 and 450 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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 III - NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE
Sec. 450 - Liability of vessel
Contains section 450
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 25 Stat. 210
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