§ 1083. — Transportation between shore and ship; penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1083]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 50--GAMBLING
Sec. 1083. Transportation between shore and ship; penalties
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate or use, or to permit the
operation or use of, a vessel for the carriage or transportation, or for
any part of the carriage or transportation, either directly or
indirectly, of any passengers, for hire or otherwise, between a point or
place within the United States and a gambling ship which is not within
the jurisdiction of any State. This section does not apply to any
carriage or transportation to or from a vessel in case of emergency
involving the safety or protection of life or property.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe necessary and
reasonable rules and regulations to enforce this section and to prevent
violations of its provisions.
For the operation or use of any vessel in violation of this section
or of any rule or regulation issued hereunder, the owner or charterer of
such vessel shall be subject to a civil penalty of $200 for each
passenger carried or transported in violation of such provisions, and
the master or other person in charge of such vessel shall be subject to
a civil penalty of $300. Such penalty shall constitute a lien on such
vessel, and proceedings to enforce such lien may be brought summarily by
way of libel in any court of the United States having jurisdiction
thereof. The Secretary of the Treasury may mitigate or remit any of the
penalties provided by this section on such terms as he deems proper.
(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 23, 63 Stat. 92.)
