§289. Transportation of passengers in foreign vessels

No foreign vessel shall transport passengers between ports or places in the United States, either directly or by way of a foreign port, under a penalty of $200 for each passenger so transported and landed.

(June 19, 1886, ch. 421, §8, 24 Stat. 81 ; Feb. 17, 1898, ch. 26, §2, 30 Stat. 248 .)

Amendments

1886-Act Feb. 17, 1898, amended section generally, increasing from $2 to $200 the penalty for transporting passengers in foreign vessels.

Cross References

Remission or mitigation of fines, see section 320 of this Appendix.

Transportation of merchandise between points in United States in other than domestic-built and documented vessels, see section 883 of this Appendix.

Transportation of passengers and merchandise in Canadian vessels between points in Alaska and United States, see section 289b of this Appendix.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 289a, 320 of this Appendix.