Every ship required to be provided with survival craft radio by treaty to which the United States is a party, by statute, or by regulation made in conformity with a treaty, convention, or statute, shall be fitted with efficient radio equipment appropriate to such requirement under such rules and regulations as the Commission may find necessary for safety of life. For purposes of this section, “radio equipment” shall include portable as well as nonportable apparatus.
June 19, 1934, ch. 652May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b)50 Stat. 194Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1)68 Stat. 706Pub. L. 89–121, § 879 Stat. 516(, title III, § 357, formerly § 355, as added , ; renumbered § 357 and amended , (e), , 707; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 89–1211965— substituted “survival craft” for “lifeboat”.
1954—Act , § 2(a)(1), amended credit to section by changing section number from “355” to “357” of act .
Act , § 2(e), provided that lifeboats be equipped with “radio equipment” rather than a “radio installation” and defined “radio equipment” as including portable as well as nonportable apparatus.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 351 of this titleSection effective , unless deferred by the Commission, see section 16 of act , set out as a note under .