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01/19/04
Sec. 3501. Number of passengers
(a) Each certificate of inspection issued to a vessel carrying
passengers (except a ferry) shall include a statement on the number
of passengers that the vessel is permitted to carry.
(b) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or
individual in charge of a vessel is liable to a person suing them
for carrying more passengers than the number of passengers
permitted by the certificate of inspection in an amount equal to -
(1) passage money; and
(2) $100 for each passenger in excess of the number of
passengers permitted.
(c) An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or
individual in charge of a vessel that knowingly carries more
passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the
certificate of inspection also shall be fined not more than $100,
imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.
(d) The vessel also is liable in rem for a penalty under this
section.
(e) An offshore supply vessel may not carry passengers except in
an emergency.
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised section Source section (U.S. Code)
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3501 46:404-1
46:451
46:452
46:462
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Section 3501 requires that a vessel carrying passengers,
including a passenger vessel as well as a small passenger vessel
(except a ferry), shall have on the certificate of inspection a
statement as to the number of passengers the vessel is permitted to
carry. It also provides penalties for carrying passengers in excess
of the number permitted.
AMENDMENTS
1985 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-36, Sec. 1(a)(2)(A), struck out
the comma after "(except a ferry)".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-36, Sec. 1(a)(2)(B), substituted "carries
more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the
certificate of inspection" for "violates subsection (b) of this
section".
EFFECTIVE DATE
Chapter effective Apr. 15, 1984, see section 2(g)(1) of Pub. L.
98-89, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.
Last modified: April 20, 2006
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