33 USC § 447 - Bribery of inspector; penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s447"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 447 - Bribery of inspector; penalty"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "447"
section_name: "Bribery of inspector; penalty"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF BALTIMORE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, § 3, 25 Stat. 209; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 3, 28 Stat. 360; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 8, 35 Stat. 428; Pub. L. 85–802, § 1(4), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 970.)"
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# § 447. Bribery of inspector; penalty

Every person who, directly or indirectly, gives any sum of money or other bribe, present, or reward, or makes any offer of the same to any inspector, deputy inspector, or other employee of the office of any supervisor of a harbor with intent to influence such inspector, deputy inspector, or other employee to permit or overlook any violation of the provisions of this subchapter, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than one year.

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**Source Credit**: (June 29, 1888, ch. 496, § 3, 25 Stat. 209; Aug. 18, 1894, ch. 299, § 3, 28 Stat. 360; May 28, 1908, ch. 212, § 8, 35 Stat. 428; Pub. L. 85–802, § 1(4), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 970.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of section 3 of act . Said section 3 of act , enacted sections 443 to 448 of this title. See Codification note set out under .

### Amendments

1958— substituted “any supervisor of a harbor” for “the supervisor of the harbor”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on sixtieth day after , see , set out as a note under .