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§ 83. —  Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; 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: 14USC83]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
                     CHAPTER 5--FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
 
Sec. 83. Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty

    No person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed 
services, shall establish, erect, or maintain any aid to maritime 
navigation in or adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of 
the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands, or on the high seas if that person, or 
public body, or instrumentality is subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States, without first obtaining authority to do so from the Coast 
Guard in accordance with applicable regulations. Whoever violates the 
provisions of this section or any of the regulations issued by the 
Secretary in accordance herewith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be fined not more than $100 for each offense. Each day during 
which such violation continues shall be considered as a new offense.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 93-283, Sec. 1(1), May 14, 
1974, 88 Stat. 139.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 759 (June 20, 1906, ch. 
3447, Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 324; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 
538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 
II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432).
    Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 
557.


                               Amendments

    1974--Pub. L. 93-283 substituted ``maritime navigation in or 
adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 
its territories or possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands, or on the high seas if that person, or public body, or 
instrumentality is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 
without first obtaining authority'' for ``maritime navigation without 
first obtaining authority''.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 84 of this title; title 16 
section 470w-7.



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