§ 11303. Penalties

Statutory text

A master failing to maintain an official logbook as required by this part is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $200.

A master failing to make an entry in the vessel’s official logbook as required by this part is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $200.

A person is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $150 when the person makes, procures to be made, or assists in making, an entry in the vessel’s official logbook—

later than 24 hours after the vessel’s arrival at the final port of discharge; and

that is about an occurrence that happened before that arrival.

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.

1983
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 11303
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 582.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 582.)

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Notes

historicalAndRevision

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
11303	46:203

Section 11303 provides a penalty for violation of the provisions about logbooks in this part.

Credits

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 582.)