{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s3501","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3501.","heading":"Number of passengers","text":"\u00a7\u202f3501.\nNumber of passengers\n(a) Each certificate of inspection issued to a vessel carrying passengers (except a ferry) shall include a statement on the number of passengers that the vessel is permitted to carry.\n(b) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel is liable to a person suing them for carrying more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection in an amount equal to\u2014\n(1) passage money; and\n(2) $100 for each passenger in excess of the number of passengers permitted.\n(c) An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel that knowingly carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection also shall be fined not more than $100, imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.\n(d) The vessel also is liable in rem for a penalty under this section.\n(e) An offshore supply vessel may not carry passengers except in an emergency.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s3501.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3501."},{"t":"heading","text":"Number of passengers"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Each certificate of inspection issued to a vessel carrying passengers (except a ferry) shall include a statement on the number of passengers that the vessel is permitted to carry.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel is liable to a person suing them for carrying more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection in an amount equal to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" passage money; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" $100 for each passenger in excess of the number of passengers permitted.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel that knowingly carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection also shall be fined not more than $100, imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" The vessel also is liable in rem for a penalty under this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3501/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" An offshore supply vessel may not carry passengers except in an emergency.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}