18 U.S.C. § 1083 — Transportation between shore and ship; penalties
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This section prohibits carrying passengers between a place in the United States and a gambling ship outside any State’s jurisdiction, except in an emergency involving life, safety, or property. It requires Treasury rules and sets civil penalties.
(a) No one may operate or use a vessel*, or allow it to be operated or used, to carry passengers, directly or indirectly and whether for payment or not, between a place in the United States and a gambling ship* outside any State’s jurisdiction. The rule does not apply to transportation to or from a vessel during an emergency involving the safety or protection of life or property.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury must issue necessary and reasonable enforcement rules. For a violation, the vessel’s owner or charterer must pay $200 for each passenger carried in violation, and the master or other person in charge must pay $300. Each penalty is a lien on the vessel, enforceable by a summary libel proceeding in a United States court with jurisdiction. The Secretary may reduce or cancel a penalty on proper terms.
It shall be unlawful to operate or use, or to permit the operation or use of, a vessel* for the carriage or transportation, or for any part of the carriage or transportation, either directly or indirectly, of any passengers, for hire or otherwise, between a point or place within the United States and a gambling ship* which is not within the jurisdiction of any State. This section does not apply to any carriage or transportation to or from a vessel in case of emergency involving the safety or protection of life or property.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe necessary and reasonable rules and regulations to enforce this section and to prevent violations of its provisions.
For the operation or use of any vessel in violation of this section or of any rule or regulation issued hereunder, the owner or charterer of such vessel shall be subject to a civil penalty of $200 for each passenger carried or transported in violation of such provisions, and the master or other person in charge of such vessel shall be subject to a civil penalty of $300. Such penalty shall constitute a lien on such vessel, and proceedings to enforce such lien may be brought summarily by way of libel in any court of the United States* having jurisdiction thereof. The Secretary of the Treasury may mitigate or remit any of the penalties provided by this section on such terms as he deems proper.
Source credit: (Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 23, 63 Stat. 92.)
- 1949Enacted · Act of May 24, 1949, ch. 139 · 63 Stat. 92
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