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Title 46: Shipping
CHAPTER IV: FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SUBCHAPTER A: GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
PART 502: RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subpart W: Compromise, Assessment, Mitigation, Settlement, and Collection of Civil Penalties
502.601 - Purpose and scope.
The purpose of this subpart is to implement the statutory provisions of section 19 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. 42101-42109), section 13 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. 41107-41109), and sections 2(c) and 3(c) of Pub. L. 89-777 (46 U.S.C. 44104) by establishing rules and regulations governing the compromise, assessment, settlement and collection of civil penalties arising under certain designated provisions of the Merchant Marine Act , 1920, the Shipping Act of 1984, Public Law 89-777, and/or any order, rule, or regulation (except for procedural rules and regulations contained in this part) issued or made by the Commission in the exercise of its powers, duties and functions under those statutes. [Rule 601.]
[64 FR 7812, Feb. 17, 1999, as amended at 74 FR 50717, Oct. 1, 2009]
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