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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 403a. Creation or continuance of obstruction of navigable waters
The creation of any obstruction, not affirmatively authorized by
law, to the navigable capacity of any waters, in respect of which
the United States has jurisdiction, is hereby prohibited. The
continuance of any such obstruction, except bridges, piers, docks,
and wharves, and similar structures erected for business purposes,
whether heretofore or hereafter created, shall constitute an
offense and each week's continuance of any such obstruction shall
be deemed a separate offense. Every person and every corporation
which shall be guilty of creating or continuing any such unlawful
obstruction in this act mentioned, or who shall violate the
provisions of the last four preceding sections of this act, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding one
year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court,
the creating or continuing of any unlawful obstruction in this act
mentioned may be prevented and such obstruction may be caused to be
removed by the injunction of any district court exercising
jurisdiction in any district in which such obstruction may be
threatened or may exist; and proper proceedings in equity to this
end may be instituted under the direction of the Attorney-General
of the United States.
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