47 USC 358: Master's control over operations
Text contains those laws in effect on April 26, 2024
From Title 47-TELECOMMUNICATIONSCHAPTER 5-WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATIONSUBCHAPTER III-SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIOPart II-Radio Equipment and Radio Operators On Board Ship
§358. Master's control over operations
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.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, §360, formerly §358, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, §10(b),
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective May 20, 1937, see section 16 of act May 20, 1937, set out as a note under section 351 of this title.