§ 773e. Prohibited acts

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1982

   Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982

   Pub. L. 97–176 § 7 · 96 Stat. 78

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 773e

   Pub. L. 97–176, § 7, May 17, 1982, 96 Stat. 80

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 97–176, § 7, May 17, 1982, 96 Stat. 80

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. It is unlawful— (a) for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States— (1) to violate any provision of the Convention, this Act or any regulation adopted under this Act; (2) to refuse to permit any enforcement officer to board a fishing vessel subject to such person’s control for purposes of conducting any search or inspection in connection with the enforcement of the Convention, this Act or any regulation adopted under this Act; (3) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate or interfere with any enforcement officer in the conduct of any search or inspection described in paragraph (2); (4) to resist a lawful arrest or detention for any act prohibited by this section; (5) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export or have custody, control or possession of, any fish taken or retained in violation of the Convention, this Act, or any regulation adopted under this Act; or (6) to interfere with, delay or prevent, by any means, the apprehension, arrest or detention of another person, knowing that such person has committed any act prohibited by this section. (b) for any foreign fishing vessel, and for the owner or operator of any foreign fishing vessel, to engage in fishing for halibut in the fishery conservation zone, unless such fishing is authorized by, and conducted in accordance with the Convention, this Act and regulations adopted under this Act.

2. 2015

   Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–81 title I § 110 · 129 Stat. 649

   1. Redesignated · 16 U.S.C. § 773e

      Pub. L. 114–81 redesignated subsecs. (a) and (b) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and former pars. (1) to (6) of subsec. (a) as subpars. (A) to (F), respectively, of par. (1)

   2. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 773e

      Pub. L. 114–81 inserted “, investigation,” before “or inspection” in par. (1)(B) and (C)

   3. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 773e

      Pub. L. 114–81 struck out “or” after the semicolon in par. (1)(E)

   4. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 773e

      Pub. L. 114–81 substituted “section; or” for “section.” in par. (1)(F)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–81 redesignated subsecs. (a) and (b) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and former pars. (1) to (6) of subsec. (a) as subpars. (A) to (F), respectively, of par. (1), inserted “, investigation,” before “or inspection” in par. (1)(B) and (C), struck out “or” after the semicolon in par. (1)(E), and substituted “section; or” for “section.” in par. (1)(F).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 110. AMENDMENTS TO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC HALIBUT ACT OF 1982.   Section 7 of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 773e) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as subparagraphs (A) through (F); (2) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; (3) in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, by inserting “, investigation,” before “or inspection”; (4) in paragraph (1)(C), as so redesignated, by inserting “, investigation,” before “or inspection”; (5) in paragraph (1)(E), as so redesignated, by striking “or” after the semicolon; and (6) in paragraph (1)(F), as so redesignated, by striking “section.” and inserting “section; or”.

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