- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, with or without confiscation of the vessel and with or without a fine not to exceed the full value of the ship.
Article 204. Failure to render assistance in a collision of ships, or failure to communicate the ship's name
The failure, on the part of the master of a vessel which has collided with another at sea, to take the necessary steps to save the other vessel, if such steps might have been taken without, seriously endangering his own passengers, craw, and vessel, independently of the liability for failure to render assistance to the passengers and crew of a vessel in distress (Article 129)—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period, or by a fine not to exceed 3,000 rubles.
The failure, on the part of the master of a vessel, to communicate to another vessel with which it is has collided at sea, the name and port of registry of his own vessel, or its port of departure and port of destination, despite the possibility of communicating such information—
- shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed three months, or by a fine not to exceed 1,000 rubles.
Article 205. Damaging an undersea telegraph cable
The negligent damaging of an undersea telegraph cable, if it has caused, or might have caused, an interruption in telegraphic service—
- shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed three months, or by a fine not to exceed 1,000 rubles.
Chapter Ten
Crimes against the Public Security, Public Order, and the Health of the Federation
Article 206. Hooliganism
Hooliganism; that is, willful acts grossly violating public order and manifesting an evident lack of respect for society—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period, or by a fine not to exceed 500 rubles, or by public censure.
