47 U.S.C. § 358 — Master’s control over operations
submitted 92 years ago by ch. 652 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 62 words · no verdicts yet
On a U.S. ship, the radio equipment, operators, their watch schedules, and all message handling are under the captain's supreme control. This applies except where a law, international agreement, or related rules say otherwise.
The radio installation, the radio operators, how their watches are scheduled, the sending and receiving of messages, and the ship's radio service in general are all under the supreme control of the ship's master (captain) — for any U.S. ship* — except to the extent that a law, an international agreement, or rules and regulations made under one of those, says otherwise.
The radio installation, the operators, the regulation of their watches, the transmission and receipt of messages, and the radio service of the ship* except as they may be regulated by law or international agreement, or by rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, shall in the case of a ship of the United States* be under the supreme control of the master.
Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 360, formerly § 358, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 195; renumbered § 360, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 706.)
- 1934Enacted · Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652 · 50 Stat. 195
- 1954Amended · Act of Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729 · 68 Stat. 706
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 652 on 1934-06-19.
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