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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part II · Chapter 232 — Miscellaneous Sentencing Provisions

§ 3671. Vessels carrying explosives and steerage passengers

Statutory text

The amount of any fine imposed upon the master of a steamship or other vessel under the provisions of section 2278 of this title shall be a lien upon such vessel, and such vessel may be libeled therefor in the district court of the United States for any district in which such vessel shall arrive or from which it shall depart.

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. Added Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 36, 68 Stat. 1239, § 3620 · 68 Stat. 1239

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 3671

    Added Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 36, 68 Stat. 1239, § 3620

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 36, 68 Stat. 1239, § 3620

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Credits

1954–1984 · 2 acts
  1. 1954Added Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 36, 68 Stat. 1239, § 3620
  2. 1984renumbered § 3671, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), , 98 Stat. 1987.
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(Added Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 36, 68 Stat. 1239, § 3620; renumbered § 3671, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), , 98 Stat. 1987.)

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