33 U.S.C. § 411 — Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally

submitted 127 years ago by ch. 425 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 108 words · no verdicts yet

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Anyone who violates certain navigable-waters and refuse-dumping rules — or who knowingly helps someone else break them — is guilty of a misdemeanor. The penalty is a fine of up to $25,000 per day, or, for an individual, 30 days to a year in prison, or both. Half of any fine goes to the person who provided information leading to the conviction.

This section has no lettered subsections. Any person or corporation that violates — or knowingly helps, encourages, authorizes, or causes someone else to violate — sections 407, 408, 409, 414, or 415 of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction, the punishment is a fine of up to $25,000 per day, or, for a natural person, imprisonment of not less than thirty days and not more than one year, or both a fine and imprisonment — with the court deciding within those limits. Half of the fine collected goes to whoever gave the information that led to the conviction.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Every person and every corporation that shall violate, or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sections 407, 408, 409, 414, and 415 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of up to $25,000 per day, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 16, 30 Stat. 1153; Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 218(a), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3696.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1899Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425 · 30 Stat. 1153
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-303 · 110 Stat. 3696

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