18 U.S.C. § 1083 : US Code - Section 1083: Transportation between shore and ship; penalties

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1083 : US Code - Section 1083: Transportation between shore and ship; penalties

(a) It shall be unlawful to operate or use, or to permit the
operation or use of, a vessel for the carriage or transportation,
or for any part of the carriage or transportation, either directly
or indirectly, of any passengers, for hire or otherwise, between a
point or place within the United States and a gambling ship which
is not within the jurisdiction of any State. This section does not
apply to any carriage or transportation to or from a vessel in case
of emergency involving the safety or protection of life or
property.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe necessary and
reasonable rules and regulations to enforce this section and to
prevent violations of its provisions.
For the operation or use of any vessel in violation of this
section or of any rule or regulation issued hereunder, the owner or
charterer of such vessel shall be subject to a civil penalty of
$200 for each passenger carried or transported in violation of such
provisions, and the master or other person in charge of such vessel
shall be subject to a civil penalty of $300. Such penalty shall
constitute a lien on such vessel, and proceedings to enforce such
lien may be brought summarily by way of libel in any court of the
United States having jurisdiction thereof. The Secretary of the
Treasury may mitigate or remit any of the penalties provided by
this section on such terms as he deems proper.