8 U.S.C. § 1282 : US Code - Section 1282: Conditional permits to land temporarily

Search 8 U.S.C. § 1282 : US Code - Section 1282: Conditional permits to land temporarily

(a) Period of time
No alien crewman shall be permitted to land temporarily in the
United States except as provided in this section and sections
1182(d)(3), (5) and 1283 of this title. If an immigration officer
finds upon examination that an alien crewman is a nonimmigrant
under paragraph (15)(D) of section 1101(a) of this title and is
otherwise admissible and has agreed to accept such permit, he may,
in his discretion, grant the crewman a conditional permit to land
temporarily pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Attorney
General, subject to revocation in subsequent proceedings as
provided in subsection (b) of this section, and for a period of
time, in any event, not to exceed - 
(1) the period of time (not exceeding twenty-nine days) during
which the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived remains in port,
if the immigration officer is satisfied that the crewman intends
to depart on the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived; or
(2) twenty-nine days, if the immigration officer is satisfied
that the crewman intends to depart, within the period for which
he is permitted to land, on a vessel or aircraft other than the
one on which he arrived.
(b) Revocation; expenses of detention
Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, any
immigration officer may, in his discretion, if he determines that
an alien is not a bona fide crewman, or does not intend to depart
on the vessel or aircraft which brought him, revoke the conditional
permit to land which was granted such crewman under the provisions
of subsection (a)(1) of this section, take such crewman into
custody, and require the master or commanding officer of the vessel
or aircraft on which the crewman arrived to receive and detain him
on board such vessel or aircraft, if practicable, and such crewman
shall be removed from the United States at the expense of the
transportation line which brought him to the United States. Until
such alien is so removed, any expenses of his detention shall be
borne by such transportation company. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to require the procedure prescribed in section 1229a
of this title to cases falling within the provisions of this
subsection.
(c) Penalties
Any alien crewman who willfully remains in the United States in
excess of the number of days allowed in any conditional permit
issued under subsection (a) of this section shall be fined under
title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.