46 USC § 6103 - Penalty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s6103"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 6103 - Penalty"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "6103"
section_name: "Penalty"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "REPORTING MARINE CASUALTIES"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Marine Casualties"
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. 536; Pub. L. 98–498, title II, § 212(b)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306; Pub. L. 100–424, § 4(b), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1590; Pub. L. 104–324, title III, §§ 306(a), 314(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3918, 3922.)"
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# § 6103. Penalty

**(a)** An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel failing to report a casualty as required under section 6101 of this title or a regulation prescribed under section 6101 or 6102 is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000.

**(b)** A person failing to comply with section 6104 of this title or a regulation prescribed under that section is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 98–498, title II, § 212(b)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306; Pub. L. 100–424, § 4(b), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1590; Pub. L. 104–324, title III, §§ 306(a), 314(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3918, 3922.)

| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 6103 | 33:36133:362 |

Section 6103 provides for a civil penalty of $1,000 for any owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel that fails to report a casualty required to be reported under subsection (b) of section 6101 or an incident required to be reported under subsection (c) of section 6101.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a).  inserted “or 6102” before “is liable” and substituted “not more than $25,000” for “$1,000”.

1988— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1984— struck out “or incident” after “a casualty”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 180 days after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .