Section 94
SEC. 94. If a vessel, arriving from a foreign port within the limits of a collection district shall depart or attempt to depart before entry shall be made, the master shall be liable to a penalty not to exceed four hundred dollars, in the discretion of the collector, and the collector or surveyor, or the commander of any revenue cutter is authorized to arrest and bring hack such vessel to the most convenient port. This penalty shall not be incurred if it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the collector that such departure was occasioned by stress of weather, pursuit or duress of enemies, or other necessity.