{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s10508","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f10508.","heading":"General penalties","text":"\u00a7\u202f10508.\nGeneral penalties\n(a) A master who carries a seaman on a voyage without first making the agreement required by\nsection 10502 of this title\n(b) A master engaging a seaman in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s10508.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s10508","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f10508."},{"t":"heading","text":"General penalties"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s10508/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" A master who carries a seaman on a voyage without first making the agreement required by ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 10502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s10502","tail":" shall pay to the seaman the highest wage that was paid for a similar voyage within the 3 months before the time of engagement at the port or place at which the seaman was engaged. A seaman who has not signed an agreement is not bound by the applicable regulations, penalties, or forfeitures."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s10508/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" A master engaging a seaman in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}