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  2. Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
  3. Chapter 9 - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
  4. Subchapter III - NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE
  5. 33 USC § 450
33 USC § 450
Liability of vessel
through Public Law 118-10
USC

Any boat or vessel used or employed in violating any provision of this subchapter, shall be liable to the pecuniary penalties imposed thereby, and may be proceeded against, summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of section 4 of act June 29, 1888, which enacted sections 449 and 450 of this title.
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