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[CITE: 33USC2033]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                  CHAPTER 34--INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES
 
                           SUBCHAPTER I--RULES
 
                     Part D--Sound and Light Signals
 
Sec. 2033. Equipment for sound signals (Rule 33)


(a) Vessels of 12 meters or more in length

    A vessel of 12 meters or more in length shall be provided with a 
whistle and a bell and a vessel of 100 meters or more in length shall, 
in addition, be provided with a gong, the tone and sound of which cannot 
be confused with that of the bell. The whistle, bell and gong shall 
comply with the specifications in Annex III to these Rules. The bell or 
gong or both may be replaced by other equipment having the same 
respective sound characteristics, provided that manual sounding of the 
prescribed signals shall always be possible.

(b) Vessels of less than 12 meters in length

    A vessel of less than 12 meters in length shall not be obliged to 
carry the sound signaling appliances prescribed in paragraph (a) of this 
Rule but if she does not, she shall be provided with some other means of 
making an efficient sound signal.

(Pub. L. 96-591, Sec. 2, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3430.)

                       References in Text

    Annex III to these Rules, referred to in par. (a), is to be 
established by the Secretary under section 2071 of this title.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of section 2 of Pub. L. 96-591 which 
enacted the Inland Navigational Rules which comprise this subchapter.
