{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s5606","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5606.","heading":"Prohibited acts and enforcement","text":"\u00a7\u202f5606.\nProhibited acts and enforcement\n(a)\nProhibition\nIt is unlawful for any person or vessel that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States\u2014\n(1) to violate any regulation issued under this chapter or any measure that is legally binding on the United States under the Convention;\n(2) to refuse to permit any authorized enforcement officer to board a fishing vessel that is subject to the person\u2019s control for purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this chapter, any regulation issued under this chapter, or any measure that is legally binding on the United States under the Convention;\n(3) forcibly to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any authorized enforcement officer in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection described in paragraph (2);\n(4) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this section;\n(5) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control, or possession of, any fishery resources taken or retained in violation of this section; or\n(6) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, knowing that the other person has committed an act prohibited by this section.\n(b)\nAdditional prohibitions and enforcement\nFor additional prohibitions relating to this chapter and enforcement of this chapter, see\nsection 1826g of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s5606.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5606."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibited acts and enforcement"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It is unlawful for any person or vessel that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to violate any regulation issued under this chapter or any measure that is legally binding on the United States under the Convention;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to refuse to permit any authorized enforcement officer to board a fishing vessel that is subject to the person\u2019s control for purposes of conducting any search, investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this chapter, any regulation issued under this chapter, or any measure that is legally binding on the United States under the Convention;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" forcibly to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any authorized enforcement officer in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection described in paragraph (2);","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this section;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control, or possession of, any fishery resources taken or retained in violation of this section; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, knowing that the other person has committed an act prohibited by this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s5606/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Additional prohibitions and enforcement"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"For additional prohibitions relating to this chapter and enforcement of this chapter, see ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1826g of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1826g","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}