§ 682. — Malicious injury to works; injury to navigable waters by hydraulic mining; penalty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC682]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 14--CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION
Sec. 682. Malicious injury to works; injury to navigable waters
by hydraulic mining; penalty
Any person or persons who willfully or maliciously injure, damage,
or destroy, or attempt to injure, damage, or destroy, any dam or other
work erected under the provisions of this chapter for restraining,
impounding, or settling purposes, or for use in connection therewith,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not to exceed the sum of $5,000 or be imprisoned not to exceed
five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of
the court. And any person or persons, company or corporation, their
agents or employees, who shall mine by the hydraulic process directly or
indirectly injuring the navigable waters of the United States, in
violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
(Mar. 1, 1893, ch. 183, Sec. 22, 27 Stat. 510.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 661 of this title.
