{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s5116","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5116.","heading":"Penalties","text":"\u00a7\u202f5116.\nPenalties\n(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel violating this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter are each liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.\n(b) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel allowing, causing, attempting to cause, or failing to take reasonable care to prevent a violation of\nsection 5112(a) of this title\n(c) The master or individual in charge of a vessel violating\nsection 5112(b) of this title\n(d) A person causing or allowing the departure of a vessel from a place within the jurisdiction of the United States in violation of a detention order issued under\nsection 5113 of this title\n(e) A person causing or allowing the alteration, concealment, or removal of a mark placed on a vessel under\nsection 5103(b) of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s5116.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5116","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5116."},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalties"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5116/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Except as otherwise provided in this section, the owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel violating this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter are each liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5116/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and individual in charge of a vessel allowing, causing, attempting to cause, or failing to take reasonable care to prevent a violation of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5112(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s5112/a","tail":" are each liable to the Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 plus an additional amount equal to twice the economic benefit of the overloading. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5116/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" The master or individual in charge of a vessel violating ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5112(b) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s5112/b","tail":" is liable to the 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":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5116/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" A person causing or allowing the departure of a vessel from a place within the jurisdiction of the United States in violation of a detention order issued under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5113 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s5113","tail":" commits a class A misdemeanor."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s5116/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" A person causing or allowing the alteration, concealment, or removal of a mark placed on a vessel under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 5103(b) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s5103/b","tail":" and the regulations prescribed under this chapter, except to make a lawful change or to escape enemy capture in time of war, commits a class A misdemeanor."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}