Title 46 — Shipping
Part G · Chapter 115 — Offenses and Penalties
§ 11504. Enforcement of forfeitures
Statutory text
When an offense by a seaman also is a criminal violation, it is not necessary that a criminal proceeding be brought to enforce a forfeiture.
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.
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 11504
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 584.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 584.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 11504 | 46:705 |
Section 11504 provides that when a seaman has committed a criminal offense, a forfeiture may be enforced through civil proceedings.
Credits
(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 584.)