§ 391. — Summary trials authorized.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC391]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 8--SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS
Sec. 391. Summary trials authorized
Whenever a complaint shall be made against any master, officer, or
seaman of any vessel belonging, in whole or in part, to any citizen of
the United States, of the commission of any offense, not capital or
otherwise infamous, against any law of the United States made for the
protection of persons or property engaged in commerce or navigation, it
shall be the duty of the United States attorney to investigate the same,
and the general nature thereof, and if, in his opinion, the case is such
as should be summarily tried, he shall report the same to the district
judge, and the judge shall forthwith, or as soon as the ordinary
business of the court will permit, proceed to try the cause, and for
that purpose may, if necessary, hold a special session of the court,
either in term time or vacation.
(R.S. Sec. 4300; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 4300 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 121, Sec. 2, 13
Stat. 124.
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted ``United States
attorney'' for ``district attorney''. See section 541 of Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and Revision Notes set
out thereunder.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 47 section 31.
