46-U.S.C.-10908

46-U.S.C.-10908

§10908 – Penalty For Sending Unseaworthy Vessel to Sea

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Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part G > Chapter 109 > Section 10908

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  • Reference: Section 10908
  • Legend: §10908 – Penalty For Sending Unseaworthy Vessel to Sea
  • USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

A person that knowingly sends or attempts to send, or that is a party to sending or attempting to send, a vessel of the United States to sea, in an unseaworthy state that is likely to endanger the life of an individual, shall be fined not more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 577.)

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Revised section Source section (U.S. Code)
10908 46:658

Section 10908 provides a penalty for a person knowingly sending or attempting to send an unseaworthy vessel to sea.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

46-U.S.C.-10706 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Shipping

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