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[CITE: 33USC2037]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                  CHAPTER 34--INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES
 
                           SUBCHAPTER I--RULES
 
                     Part D--Sound and Light Signals
 
Sec. 2037. Distress signals (Rule 37)

    When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance she shall use 
or exhibit the signals described in Annex IV to these Rules.

(Pub. L. 96-591, Sec. 2, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3432.)

                       References in Text

    Annex IV to these Rules, referred to in text, 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.
