Federal · Title 47 — Telecommunications

47 U.S.C. § 29: Master of offending vessel punishable

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes that a vessel's master is presumed responsible for offenses committed by the vessel or its boats unless another person is proven to have been in charge and navigating it.

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When an offense against this chapter shall have been committed by means of a vessel, or of any boat belonging to a vessel, the master of such vessel shall, unless some other person is shown to have been in charge of and navigating such vessel or boat, be deemed to have been in charge of and navigating the same, and be liable to be punished accordingly.

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