47 U.S.C. § 27 : US Code - Section 27: Offending vessels to show nationality

Search 47 U.S.C. § 27 : US Code - Section 27: Offending vessels to show nationality

Any person having the custody of the papers necessary for the
preparation of the statements provided for in article 10 of the
said convention with respect to reports of infractions, by officers
commanding vessels of war or vessels especially commissioned, who
shall refuse to exhibit them or shall violently resist persons
having authority according to article 10 of said convention to draw
up statements of facts in the exercise of their functions, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be liable
to imprisonment not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding
$5,000, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the
court.