33 U.S.C. § 442: Liability of officers of…

Summary

Anyone who is a master, engineer, or acting in that role and knowingly tows a scow, boat, or vessel carrying prohibited material into the waters of a harbor covered by this law, or to any place outside the harbor supervisor’s allowed limits, breaks section 441. If convicted, they get the penalties listed in section 441, and a judge will suspend or revoke their license for the length of time the judge decides.

Title 33, §442

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Any and every master and engineer, or person or persons acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel, who shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any such prohibited matter to any point or place of deposit, or discharge in the waters of any harbor subject to this subchapter, or to any point or place elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the supervisor of the harbor, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of section 441 of this title, and shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided for offenses in violation of section 441 of this title, and shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1958—Pub. L. 85–802 substituted “any harbor subject to this subchapter” for “the harbor of New York, or in its adjacent or tributary waters, or in those of Long Island Sound”, and struck out “hereinafter mentioned” after “supervisor of the harbor”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1958 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 85–802 effective on sixtieth day after Aug. 28, 1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85–802, set out as a note under section 441 of this title.

§442 Liability of Officers of Towing Vessel