33 U.S.C. § 1204 — Radiotelephone for exclusive use of master, person in charge, or pilot; frequency listening watch; portable radiotelephone equipment

submitted 55 years ago by Pub. L. 92-63 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 72 words · no verdicts yet

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This section sets rules about radiotelephone for exclusive use of master, person in charge, or pilot; frequency listening watch; portable radiotelephone equipment. It applies only to the people, entities, property, actions, deadlines, and exceptions stated in the section.

The radiotelephone required by this chapter is for the exclusive use of the master or person in charge of the vessel, or the person designated by the master or person in charge to pilot or direct the movement of the vessel, who must maintain a listening watch on the designated frequency. Nothing contained herein must be interpreted as precluding the use of portable radiotelephone equipment to satisfy the requirements of this chapter.

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The radiotelephone required by this chapter is for the exclusive use of the master or person in charge of the vessel, or the person designated by the master or person in charge to pilot or direct the movement of the vessel, who shall maintain a listening watch on the designated frequency. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as precluding the use of portable radiotelephone equipment to satisfy the requirements of this chapter.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–63, § 5, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 165.)

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1971Enacted · Pub. L. 92-63 · 85 Stat. 165

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