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type: "LegalText"
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title: "46 U.S.C. § 3501"
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description: "Number of passengers"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "35"
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chapter_name: "CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS"
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section: "3501"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 3501"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 3501 - Number of passengers
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## Text
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(a) Each certificate of inspection issued to a vessel carrying passengers (except a ferry) shall include a statement on the number of passengers that the vessel is permitted to carry.
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(b) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel is liable to a person suing them for carrying more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection in an amount equal to—
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(1) passage money; and
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(2) $100 for each passenger in excess of the number of passengers permitted.
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(c) An owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, or individual in charge of a vessel that knowingly carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection also shall be fined not more than $100, imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.
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(d) The vessel also is liable in rem for a penalty under this section.
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(e) An offshore supply vessel may not carry passengers except in an emergency.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 519; Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 67.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 350146:404–146:45146:45246:462 Section 3501 requires that a vessel carrying passengers, including a passenger vessel as well as a small passenger vessel (except a ferry), shall have on the certificate of inspection a statement as to the number of passengers the vessel is permitted to carry. It also provides penalties for carrying passengers in excess of the number permitted.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(A), struck out the comma after “(except a ferry)”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(2)(B), substituted “carries more passengers than the number of passengers permitted by the certificate of inspection” for “violates subsection (b) of this section”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateChapter effective Apr. 15, 1984, see section 2(g)(1) of Pub. L. 98–89, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.
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