33 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Regulations to prevent injuries from target practice

Search 33 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Regulations to prevent injuries from target practice

Authority to adopt regulations - In the interest of the national
defense, and for the better protection of life and property on the
navigable waters of the United States, the Secretary of the Army is
authorized and empowered to prescribe such regulations as he may
deem best for the use and navigation of any portion or area of the
navigable waters of the United States or waters under the
jurisdiction of the United States endangered or likely to be
endangered by Artillery fire in target practice or otherwise, or by
the proving operations of the Government ordnance proving grounds
at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, or at any Government ordnance proving
ground that may be established elsewhere on or near such waters,
and of any portion or area of said waters occupied by submarine
mines, mine fields, submarine cables, or other material and
accessories pertaining to seacoast fortifications, or by any plant
or facility engaged in the execution of any public project of river
and harbor improvement; and the said Secretary shall have like
power to regulate the transportation of explosives upon any of said
waters: Provided, That the authority conferred shall be so
exercised as not unreasonably to interfere with or restrict the
food fishing industry, and the regulations prescribed in pursuance
hereof shall provide for the use of such waters by food fishermen
operating under permits granted by the Department of the Army.
Detail of vessels to enforce regulations - To enforce the
regulations prescribed pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
the Army, may detail any public vessel in the service of the
Department of the Army, or, upon the request of the Secretary of
the Army, the head of any other department may enforce, and the
head of any such department is authorized to enforce, such
regulations by means of any public vessel of such department.
Posting and violation of regulations - The regulations made by
the Secretary of the Army pursuant to this section shall be posted
in conspicuous and appropriate places, designated by him, for the
information of the public; and every person who and every
corporation which shall willfully violate any regulations made by
the said Secretary pursuant to this section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of
competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not
exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Venue and jurisdiction of offenses; procedure - Offenses against
the provisions of this section, or any regulation made pursuant
thereto, committed in any Territory or other place subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States where there is no court having
general jurisdiction of crimes against the United States, shall be
cognizable in any court of such place or Territory having original
jurisdiction of criminal cases in the place or Territory in which
the offense has been committed, with the same right of appeal in
all cases as is given in other criminal cases where imprisonment
not exceeding six months forms a part of the penalty, and
jurisdiction is conferred upon such courts and such courts shall
exercise the same for such purposes; and in case any such offense
be committed beyond the territorial jurisdiction of any court
having jurisdiction thereof, the offense shall be deemed and held
to have been committed within the jurisdiction in which the
offender may be found or into which he is first brought, and shall
be tried by the court having jurisdiction thereof.