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47 U.S.C. § 507 — Violation of Great Lakes Agreement

submitted 92 years ago by ch. 652 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 136 words · no verdicts yet

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This section sets rules about violation of Great Lakes Agreement. It states the duties, requirements, limits, definitions, or penalties that apply to that subject.

(a) Any vessel of the United States that is navigated in violation of the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance of it and any vessel of a foreign country that is so navigated on waters under the jurisdiction of the United States must forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 recoverable by way of suit or libel. Each day during that such navigation occurs must constitute a separate offense. (b) Every willful failure on the part of the master of a vessel of the United States to enforce or to comply with the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance of it must cause him to forfeit to the United States the sum of $100.
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(a)

Any vessel of the United States that is navigated in violation of the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof and any vessel of a foreign country that is so navigated on waters under the jurisdiction of the United States shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $500 recoverable by way of suit or libel. Each day during which such navigation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

Every willful failure on the part of the master of a vessel of the United States to enforce or to comply with the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof shall cause him to forfeit to the United States the sum of $100.

Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title V, § 506, formerly § 507, as added Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 735, § 3, 68 Stat. 729; renumbered § 506, Pub. L. 96–507, § 1, Dec. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 2747.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1934Enacted · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 68 Stat. 729
  • 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-507 · 94 Stat. 2747

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 652 on 1934-06-19.

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