§ 442. — Liability of officers of towing vessel.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC442]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER III--NEW YORK HARBOR, HARBOR OF HAMPTON ROADS, AND HARBOR OF
BALTIMORE
Sec. 442. Liability of officers of towing vessel
Any and every master and engineer, or person or persons acting in
such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel, who shall
knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any
such prohibited matter to any point or place of deposit, or discharge in
the waters of any harbor subject to this subchapter, or to any point or
place elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the
supervisor of the harbor, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
section 441 of this title, and shall, upon conviction, be punishable as
provided for offenses in violation of section 441 of this title, and
shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed
by the judge before whom tried and convicted.
(June 29, 1888, ch. 496, Sec. 2, 25 Stat. 209; Pub. L. 85-802,
Sec. 1(2), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 970.)
Amendments
1958--Pub. L. 85-802 substituted ``any harbor subject to this
subchapter'' for ``the harbor of New York, or in its adjacent or
tributary waters, or in those of Long Island Sound'', and struck out
``hereinafter mentioned'' after ``supervisor of the harbor''.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 85-802 effective on sixtieth day after Aug. 28,
1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85-802, set out as a note under section
441 of this title.
