33 USC 395: Limit of sentence
Text contains those laws in effect on November 22, 2024
From Title 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSCHAPTER 8-SUMMARY TRIALS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST NAVIGATION LAWS
§395. Limit of sentence
It shall not be lawful for the court to sentence any person convicted in such trial to any greater punishment than imprisonment in jail for one year, or to a fine exceeding $500, or both, in its discretion, in those cases where the laws of the United States authorize such imprisonment and fine.
(R.S. §4304.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §4304 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 121, §5,