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14 U.S.C. § 543 — Interference with aids to navigation; penalty

submitted 77 years ago by ch. 393 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 140 words · no verdicts yet

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This section makes it a misdemeanor to interfere with Coast Guard navigation aids or to anchor a vessel so that it obstructs or interferes with range lights. The armed forces are excluded, and the maximum fine is $1,500 for each offense, with each continuing day treated as a new offense.

It is unlawful for any person, public body, or instrumentality, except the armed forces, to remove, move, obstruct, deliberately damage, attach anything to, or interfere with a navigation aid that the Coast Guard established, installed, operates, or maintains under section 541, or with a navigation aid lawfully maintained under authority the Coast Guard granted under section 542. It is also unlawful to anchor a vessel in navigable waters of the United States in a way that obstructs or interferes with range lights maintained there. Anyone who violates this section commits a misdemeanor and may be fined up to $1,500 for each offense. Each day the violation continues counts as a new offense.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

It shall be unlawful for any person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed forces, to remove, change the location of, obstruct, wilfully damage, make fast to, or interfere with any aid to navigation established, installed, operated, or maintained by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 541 of this title, or with any aid to navigation lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 542 of this title, or to anchor any vessel in any of the navigable waters of the United States so as to obstruct or interfere with range lights maintained therein. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Each day during which such violation shall continue shall be considered as a new offense.

Source credit: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 500, § 84; Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 205(a)(2), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3025; renumbered § 543 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 105(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200, 4240.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1949Enacted · Act of Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 · 63 Stat. 500
  • 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-281 · 128 Stat. 3025
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-282 · 132 Stat. 4200, 4240

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 393 on 1949-08-04.

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