Title 46 — Shipping
Part B · Chapter 35 — Carriage of Passengers
§ 3501. Number of passengers
Statutory text
Each certificate of inspection issued to a vessel carrying passengers (except a ferry) shall include a statement on the number of passengers that the vessel is permitted to carry.
The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel is liable to a person suing them for carrying more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection in an amount equal to—
passage money; and
$100 for each passenger in excess of the number of passengers permitted.
An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel that knowingly carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection also shall be fined not more than $100, imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.
The vessel also is liable in rem for a penalty under this section.
An offshore supply vessel may not carry passengers except in an emergency.
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. § 3501
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 519
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 519Pub. L. 99–36 § 1(a)(2)(A) · 99 Stat. 67
Struck · 46 U.S.C. § 3501(a)
Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(A), struck out the comma after “(except a ferry)”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(A), struck out the comma after “(except a ferry)”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) In section 3305(b), strike “life-saving” and “life preserver or firehose” and insert in lieu thereof “lifesaving” and “life preserver, lifesaving device, or firehose”, respectively.Pub. L. 99–36 § 1(a)(2)(B) · 99 Stat. 67
Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 3501(c)
Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(B), substituted “carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection” for “violates subsection (b) of this section”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(B), substituted “carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection” for “violates subsection (b) of this section”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) In section 3305(b), strike “life-saving” and “life preserver or firehose” and insert in lieu thereof “lifesaving” and “life preserver, lifesaving device, or firehose”, respectively.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 3501 | 46:404–146:45146:45246:462 |
Section 3501 requires that a vessel carrying passengers, including a passenger vessel as well as a small passenger vessel (except a ferry), shall have on the certificate of inspection a statement as to the number of passengers the vessel is permitted to carry. It also provides penalties for carrying passengers in excess of the number permitted.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(A), struck out the comma after “(except a ferry)”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(B), substituted “carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection” for “violates subsection (b) of this section”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Chapter effective , see section 2(g)(1) of Pub. L. 98–89, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.
Credits
1983–1985 · 2 acts
- 1983Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 519
- 1985Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2), , 99 Stat. 67.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 519; Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2), , 99 Stat. 67.)