42 U.S.C. § 9151 — Prohibited acts
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-320 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 267 words · no verdicts yet
Certain people may not violate this chapter or related rules, licenses, or orders; obstruct authorized inspections or arrests; or help another covered person avoid arrest.
It is unlawful for a United States citizen or national; a foreign national in or aboard an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship or a vessel documented or numbered under United States law; or a person subject to United States jurisdiction under an applicable international agreement: (1) to violate this chapter, a rule, regulation, or order issued under it, or a term or condition of a license issued under it; (2) to refuse to let an authorized Federal officer or employee enter or board such a facility, plantship, or vessel to search or inspect it for monitoring or enforcement of this chapter or those rules, orders, licenses, terms, or conditions; (3) forcibly to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with that officer or employee during such a search or inspection; (4) to resist a lawful arrest for an act prohibited by this section; or (5) knowingly to interfere with, delay, or prevent by any means the apprehension or arrest of another person covered by this section whom the person knows committed a prohibited act.
It is unlawful for any person who is a United States citizen or national, or a foreign national in or on board an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship or on board any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States, or who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States by an international agreement to which the United States is a party—
to violate any provision of this chapter; or any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter; or any term or condition of any license issued to such person pursuant to this chapter;
to refuse to permit any Federal officer or employee authorized to monitor or enforce the provisions of sections 9120 and 9153 of this title to enter or board an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship or any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States, for purposes of conducting any search or inspection in connection with the monitoring or enforcement of this chapter or any rule, regulation, order, term, or condition referred to in paragraph (1) of this section;
to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any such authorized officer or employee in the conduct of any search or inspection described in paragraph (2) of this section;
to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this section; or
to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension or arrest of another person subject to this section knowing that the other person has committed any act prohibited by this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–320, title III, § 301, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 994; Pub. L. 98–623, title VI, § 602(a)(9), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3411.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-320 · 94 Stat. 994
- 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-623 · 98 Stat. 3411
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-320 on 1980-08-03.
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