---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 550.602"
title: "46"
number: "550.602"
heading: "Penalty."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/550.602"
---

# §550.602. Penalty.


A common carrier that accepts or handles cargo for carriage under a tariff or service contract that has been suspended under [§ 550.505](/cfr/46/550.505.md) or [§ 550.601](/cfr/46/550.601.md) of this part, or after its right to use another tariff or service contract has been suspended under those sections, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each day that it is found to be operating under a suspended tariff or service contract.


## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 8009, Feb. 18, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. 301-307; sec. 19 (a)(2), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, 46 U.S.C. 42101 and 42104-42109; and sec. 10002 of the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, 46 U.S.C. 42301-42307.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 64910, Dec. 10, 1993, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 8008, Feb. 18, 1999.

### Amendments

[64 FR 8009, Feb. 18, 1999]