{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s3713","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3713.","heading":"Prohibited acts","text":"\u00a7\u202f3713.\nProhibited acts\n(a) A person may not\u2014\n(1) violate this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter;\n(2) refuse to permit any official, authorized by the Secretary to enforce this chapter, to board a vessel or to enter a shore area, place, or premises, under a person\u2019s control to make an inspection under this chapter; or\n(3) refuse to obey a lawful directive issued under this chapter.\n(b) A vessel to which this chapter applies may not\u2014\n(1) operate on the navigable waters of the United States or use a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when not in compliance with this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter;\n(2) fail to comply with a lawful directive issued under this chapter; or\n(3) carry a type or grade of oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo or cargo residue unless its certificate is endorsed to allow that carriage.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s3713.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3713."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibited acts"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A person may not\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" violate this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" refuse to permit any official, authorized by the Secretary to enforce this chapter, to board a vessel or to enter a shore area, place, or premises, under a person\u2019s control to make an inspection under this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" refuse to obey a lawful directive issued under this chapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A vessel to which this chapter applies may not\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" operate on the navigable waters of the United States or use a port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when not in compliance with this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" fail to comply with a lawful directive issued under this chapter; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s3713/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" carry a type or grade of oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo or cargo residue unless its certificate is endorsed to allow that carriage.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}