Shipping - 46 USC Appendix Section 277
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01/19/04 Sec. 277. Inspection of documents
Any officer concerned in the collection of the revenue may at all
times inspect the certificate of documentation of any documented
vessel or any document in lieu thereof; and if the master or other
person in charge or command of any such vessel shall not exhibit
the same, when required by such officer, unless the vessel is one
which by regulation of the Secretary of Transportation is not
required to have its certificate of documentation or document in
lieu thereof on board, such master or person in charge or command
shall be liable to a penalty of $100, unless the failure to do so
is willful, in which case he shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000
and to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both.
AMENDMENTS
1993 - Pub. L. 103-182 substituted "certificate of documentation
of any documented vessel" for "register or enrollment or license of
any vessel" and "Secretary of Transportation is not required to
have its certificate of documentation" for "Secretary of the
Treasury is not required to have its register or enrollment or
license".
1957 - Pub. L. 85-237 provided for penalties against other
officer in charge or command of vessel and by excepting vessels
which are not required by regulation of the Secretary of the
Treasury to exhibit their documents on board.
1935 - Act Aug. 5, 1935, provided for inspection of register or
any document and punishment for willful failure to exhibit
document.
Last modified: April 20, 2006
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