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46 U.S.C. § 60101 — Boarding arriving vessels before inspection

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46 U.S.C. § 60101 — Boarding arriving vessels before inspection

**(a) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prescribe and enforce regulations on the boarding of a vessel arriving at a port of the United States before the vessel has been inspected and secured. **(b) Criminal Penalty.—** A person violating a regulation prescribed under this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. **(c) Relationship to Other law.—** This section shall be construed as supplementary to [section 2279 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2279&num=0&edition=prelim).

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**(a) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prescribe and enforce regulations on the boarding of a vessel arriving at a port of the United States before the vessel has been inspected and secured. **(b) Criminal Penalty.—** A person violating a regulation prescribed under this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. **(c) Relationship to Other law.—** This section shall be construed as supplementary to [section 2279 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2279&num=0&edition=prelim).

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18 U.S.C. § 2279 — Boarding vessels before arrival

Whoever, not being in the United States service, and not being duly authorized by law for the purpose, goes on board any vessel about to arrive at the place of her destination, before her actual arrival, and before she has been completely moored, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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46 U.S.C. § 60101 — Boarding arriving vessels before inspec-

Page 527 TITLE 46—SHIPPING § 60101 § 58109. Penalties (a) INDIVIDUALS.—An individual convicted of violating section 58101(d), 58103, or 58105 of this title shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for at least one year but not more than 5 years, or both. (b) ORGANIZATIONS.—An organization con- victed of committing an act prohibited by this subtitle shall be fined under title 18. (c) INELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE BENEFITS.—An individual or organization convicted of violating a section referred to in subsection (a) is ineli- gible, at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, to receive any benefit under the construction-differential subsidy or operating- differential subsidy programs, or a charter under chapter 575 of this title, for 5 years after the conviction. (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1673.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 58109 .......... 46 App.:1228 (1st, 2d pars.). June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title VIII, § 806(b), (c), 49 Stat. 2014; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(125), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 164. In subsection (a), the word ‘‘individual’’ is sub- stituted for ‘‘natural person’’ for consistency in the re- vised title. The words ‘‘convicted of violating section 58101(d), 58103, or 58105 of this title’’ are substituted for ‘‘found guilty of any act or acts declared in this chap- ter to constitute a misdemeanor’’ because the sections referred to restate the provisions which declare certain acts to be misdemeanors and because the restatement of those provisions does not use the word ‘‘mis- demeanor’’. The words ‘‘in any district court of the United States’’ are omitted as unnecessary. The words ‘‘shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for at least one

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