
      (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or
    individual in charge of the following categories of vessels
    carrying passengers shall keep a correct list of passengers
    received and delivered from day to day:
        (1) vessels arriving from foreign ports (except at United
      States Great Lakes ports from Canadian Great Lakes ports).
        (2) seagoing vessels in the coastwise trade.
        (3) passenger vessels making voyages of more than 300 miles on
      the Great Lakes except from a Canadian to a United States port.
      (b) The master of a vessel carrying passengers (except a vessel
    listed in subsection (a) of this section) shall keep a correct
    count of all passengers received and delivered.
      (c) Lists and counts required under this section shall be open to
    the inspection of designated officials of the Coast Guard and the
    Customs Service at all times. The total number of passengers shall
    be provided to the Coast Guard when requested.
      (d) This section applies to a foreign vessel arriving at a United
    States port.
      (e) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or
    individual in charge of a passenger vessel failing to make a list
    or count of passengers as required by this section is liable to the
    United States Government for a civil penalty of $100. The vessel
    also is liable in rem for the penalty.

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      Section 3502 is related to section 3501 and requires the listing
    or counting of passengers on certain vessels. This requirement
    applies to large as well as small passenger vessels when operating
    on the types of voyages enumerated. This section also applies to a
    foreign vessel arriving at a port or place in the United States.

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