{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s2609","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2609.","heading":"Penalties","text":"\u00a7\u202f2609.\nPenalties\n(a)\nGeneral penalty\nExcept as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person violating this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. A vessel involved in the violation also is liable in rem for the penalty.\n(b)\nOperating without a permit\nA person violating\nsection 2602 of this title\n(c)\nCriminal penalty\nAny person that knowingly violates, or that knowingly aids, abets, authorizes, or instigates a violation of this chapter, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.\n(d)\nPayments for information\nThe court, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Administrator, as the case may be, may pay up to one-half of a fine or penalty to any person giving information leading to the assessment of the fine or penalty.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s2609.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2609","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2609."},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalties"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2609/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General penalty"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person violating this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. A vessel involved in the violation also is liable in rem for the penalty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2609/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Operating without a permit"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"A person violating ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2602 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t33/s2602","tail":" is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. A vessel involved in the violation also is liable in rem for the penalty."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2609/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Criminal penalty"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Any person that knowingly violates, or that knowingly aids, abets, authorizes, or instigates a violation of this chapter, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2609/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Payments for information"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The court, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Administrator, as the case may be, may pay up to one-half of a fine or penalty to any person giving information leading to the assessment of the fine or penalty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}