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[CITE: 33USC1204]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
            CHAPTER 24--VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION
 
Sec. 1204. Radiotelephone for exclusive use of master, person in 
        charge, or pilot; frequency listening watch; portable 
        radiotelephone equipment
        
    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.

(Pub. L. 92-63, Sec. 5, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 165.)
