42 U.S.C. § 9151 : US Code - Section 9151: Prohibited acts

Search 42 U.S.C. § 9151 : US Code - Section 9151: Prohibited acts

It is unlawful for any person who is a United States citizen or
national, or a foreign national in or on board an ocean thermal
energy conversion facility or plantship or on board any vessel
documented or numbered under the laws of the United States, or who
is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States by an
international agreement to which the United States is a party -
(1) to violate any provision of this chapter; or any rule,
regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter; or any term
or condition of any license issued to such person pursuant to
this chapter;
(2) to refuse to permit any Federal officer or employee
authorized to monitor or enforce the provisions of sections 9120
and 9153 of this title to enter or board an ocean thermal energy
conversion facility or plantship or any vessel documented or
numbered under the laws of the United States, for purposes of
conducting any search or inspection in connection with the
monitoring or enforcement of this chapter or any rule,
regulation, order, term, or condition referred to in paragraph
(1) of this section;
(3) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or
interfere with any such authorized officer or employee in the
conduct of any search or inspection described in paragraph (2) of
this section;
(4) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this
section; or
(5) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the
apprehension or arrest of another person subject to this section
knowing that the other person has committed any act prohibited by
this section.