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Title 46 — Shipping

Part B · Chapter 35 — Carriage of Passengers

§ 3506. Copies of laws

Statutory text

A master of a passenger vessel shall keep on board a copy of this subtitle, to be provided by the Secretary at reasonable cost. If the master fails to do so, the master is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $200.

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. Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500

    Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 3506

    (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 520.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 520.)

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Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code)
350646:492

Section 3506 requires the master of a passenger vessel to keep on board a copy of subtitle II of title 46, U.S.C. Copies of the subtitle shall be provided by the Secretary at reasonable cost.

Credits

(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 520.)

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