Need help finding regs related to tampering with seatbelts...

[JAFI]

No, but it has happened.

 

[lawfly]

It might not be a regulation. Criminal offenses are defined by statute not regulation. Chances are that there is something in 18 U.S.C. (the federal criminal code) that applies. One I know of is 18 U.S.C. §32 that deals with destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities, but that seems more geared toward large scale destruction rather than seat belt tampering. But it's certainly possible that it's been applied to smaller items.

I haven't looked any further than that.

I'm just making a general point here. (Have nothing to add re: seatbelts.) A statute can give an agency (and court) authority for imposing criminal
sanctions for violations of the agency's regulations, and can in general terms set forth the penalties (fines, imprisonment, etc.), but the elements of the offense in such a case would be "defined" by the pertinent regulation(s). An example is OSHA. The OSHA Act sets forth potential fines and other penalties (including potential imprisonment) for violations/willful violations of OSHA regs, but the regs themselves define the conduct/standards/elements which constitute the offense. So, I would caution against any supposition that there is never any criminal liability for violations of regulations.
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=OSHACT&p_id=3371

 

[midlifeflyer]

So, I would caution against any supposition that there is never any criminal liability for violations of regulations.
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=OSHACT&p_id=3371

Don't worry. I don't think anyone here made such a supposition.

 

[PURPLEHAZE21]

Dude...give up this thread...please

 

[midlifeflyer]

Dude...give up this thread...please

Interesting comment to make more than a week after people stopped posting to the thread.