Section 117. Advertising as agent, without written authorization; false or misleading information

No person issuing, selling or offering to  sell
  any  passage  ticket  or any instrument giving or purporting to give any
  right, either absolutely or upon any  condition  or  contingency,  to  a
  passage  or  conveyance  upon any vessel, or a berth or stateroom in any
  vessel, shall hold himself out to be or advertise himself in any way  as
  the  agent of the owners or consignees of such vessel or line, unless he
  has received authority in writing therefor, specifying the name  of  the
  company,  line  or vessel for which he is authorized to act as agent and
  the city, town or village, together with  the  street,  and  the  street
  number  in  which his office is kept for the sale of tickets, and unless
  such written authorization is conspicuously displayed  in  such  office.
  Provided  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to the sale of passage
  tickets on board any such vessel or to the offices of the actual  owners
  or  consignees of such vessel. No person issuing, selling or offering to
  sell or holding himself out as being authorized to sell any such passage
  ticket or instrument giving or purporting to  give  any  such  right  to
  passage  or  conveyance  shall  give  or  cause to be given any false or
  misleading information or shall print, publish, distribute or  circulate
  or  cause  to be printed, published, distributed or circulated any false
  or misleading advertisement, circular, circular letter, pamphlet,  card,
  handbill  or  other  printed  paper  or notice in regard to said passage
  ticket or instrument or the passage or voyage to which  it  entitles  or
  purports  to  entitle its owner, purchaser or holder or line over which,
  or the vessel for which such passage is sold or offered  or  as  to  his
  agency  for  such line or vessel. No person issuing, selling or offering
  to sell any passenger  ticket  for  passage  or  conveyance  aboard  any
  vessel,  including  the  owner  or consignee of such vessel, his agents,
  servants, or employees, shall omit reference to the country of  registry
  of  such  vessel  from  any  advertisement,  circular,  circular letter,
  pamphlet, card, handbill or other printed paper or  written  notice,  in
  regard  to said passage ticket or instrument or the passage or voyage to
  which it entitles or purports to entitle its owner, purchaser or  holder
  or  line  over  which,  or  the vessel for which such passage is sold or
  offered or as to his agency for such  line  or  vessel.  Such  reference
  shall be prominently displayed in all printed matter.