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Enforcement provisions.

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 89-753-NOV. 3, 1966

[80 STAT.

"SEC. 5. The Commandant of the Coast Guard may, subject to the provisions of section 4450 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (46 TJ.S.C. 239), suspend or revoke a license issued to the master or other licensed officer of.any boat or vessel found violating the provisions of section 3 of this Act. "SEC. 6. In the administration of this Act the Secretary may, with the consent of the Commandant of the Coast Guard or the Secretary of the Army, make use of the organization, equipment, and agencies, including engineering, clerical, and other personnel, employed by the Coast Guard or the Department of the Army, respectively, for the preservation and protection of navigable waters of the United States. For the better enforcement of the provisions of this Act, the officers and agents of the United States in charge of river and harbor improvements and persons employed under them by authority of the Secretary of the Army, and persons employed by the Secretary, and officers of the Customs and Coast Guard of the United States shall have the power and authority and it shall be their duty to swear out process and to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person who may violate any of such provisions, except that no person shall be arrested without process for a violation not committed in the presence of some one of the aforesaid persons. Whenever any arrest is made under the provisions of this Act the person so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him, and such commissioner, judge or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in oases of crimes against the United States. "SEC. 7. This Act shall be in addition to other laws for the preservation and protection of navigable waters of the United States and shall not be construed as repealing, modifying, or in any manner affecting the provisions of such laws." (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect on the thirtieth day which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved November 3, 1966.

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