{"identifier":"/us/usc/t14/s543","title":14,"num":"\u00a7\u202f543.","heading":"Interference with aids to navigation; penalty","text":"\u00a7\u202f543.\nInterference with aids to navigation; penalty\nIt 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\nsection 541 of this title\nsection 542 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t14/s543.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t14/s543","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f543."},{"t":"heading","text":"Interference with aids to navigation; penalty"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"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 ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 541 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t14/s541","tail":", or with any aid to navigation lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 542 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t14/s542","tail":", 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."}],"tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}