46 USC § 11303 - Penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s11303"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 11303 - Penalties"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "11303"
section_name: "Penalties"
chapter_number: 113
chapter_name: "OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 582.)"
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# § 11303. Penalties

**(a)** A master failing to maintain an official logbook as required by this part is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $200.

**(b)** A master failing to make an entry in the vessel’s official logbook as required by this part is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $200.

**(c)** A person is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $150 when the person makes, procures to be made, or assists in making, an entry in the vessel’s official logbook—

**(1)** later than 24 hours after the vessel’s arrival at the final port of discharge; and

**(2)** that is about an occurrence that happened before that arrival.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 582.)

| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 11303 | 46:203 |

Section 11303 provides a penalty for violation of the provisions about logbooks in this part.