[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR177.09]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 177--CORRECTION OF ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 177.09  Penalties.

    An operator of a vessel who does not follow the directions of a 
Coast Guard Boarding Officer prescribed in Sec. 177.05 is, in addition 
to any other penalty prescribed by law, subject to--
    (a) The criminal penalties of 46 U.S.C. 4311, which provides that a 
person willfully operating a recreational vessel in violation of 46 
U.S.C., Chapter 43 or regulations issued thereunder, shall be fined not 
more than $5,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
    (b)(1) The civil penalties for violating 46 U.S.C. 4307(a)(1).
    (2) The civil penalties of 46 U.S.C. 4311, which provides that a 
person violating any other provision of 43 U.S.C., Chapter 43 or 
regulation issued thereunder is liable to the United States Government 
for a civil penalty, and, if the violation involves the operation of a 
vessel, the vessel is liable in rem for the penalty.

[CGD 96-052, 62 FR 16703, Apr. 8, 1997

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