18 USC § 3671 - Vessels carrying explosives and steerage passengers
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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3671"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 3671 - Vessels carrying explosives and steerage passengers"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3671"
section_name: "Vessels carrying explosives and steerage passengers"
chapter_number: 232
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 36, 68 Stat. 1239, § 3620; renumbered § 3671, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)"
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# § 3671. Vessels carrying explosives and steerage passengers
section 2278 of this title
The amount of any fine imposed upon the master of a steamship or other vessel under the provisions of shall be a lien upon such vessel, and such vessel may be libeled therefor in the district court of the United States for any district in which such vessel shall arrive or from which it shall depart.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 36, 68 Stat. 1239, § 3620; renumbered § 3671, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)