Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§395 Limit of Sentence
Title 33 › CHAPTER 8 — SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS › § 395
Summary
A court cannot sentence someone convicted at that trial to more than one year in jail, a fine over $500, or both, whenever U.S. law allows those kinds of punishments.
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Title 33, §395
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It shall not be lawful for the court to sentence any person convicted in such trial to any greater punishment than imprisonment in jail for one year, or to a fine exceeding $500, or both, in its discretion, in those cases where the laws of the United States authorize such imprisonment and fine.
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Codification R.S. § 4304 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 121, § 5, 13 Stat. 125.
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33 U.S.C. § 395
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102