Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:462.1

  • Direct molding process: means any direct molding process in which the original manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel hull is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:462
  • Mold: means a matrix or form in which a substance or material is shaped. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:462
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

A.  No person shall use the direct molding process to duplicate for the purpose of sale any manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel hull made by another without the written permission of that other person.  

B.  No person shall knowingly sell a vessel hull or component part of a vessel hull duplicated in violation of Subsection A of this Section.  

C.  The provisions of this Section shall apply only to vessel hulls or component parts of vessel hulls duplicated using a mold made on or after the effective date of this Subpart.  

Acts 1985, No. 932, §1, eff. July 23, 1985.