Federal · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

33 U.S.C. § 411: Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Persons or corporations who violate or knowingly aid violations of specified harbor and water obstruction provisions commit a misdemeanor punishable by fines up to $25,000 per day and/or 30 days to one year imprisonment.

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Every person and every corporation that shall violate, or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sections 407, 408, 409, 414, and 415 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of up to $25,000 per day, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction.

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