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[CITE: 46USC12303]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                    Part H--Identification of Vessels
 
               CHAPTER 123--NUMBERING UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS
 
Sec. 12303. Exemption from numbering requirements

    (a) When the Secretary is the authority issuing a number under this 
chapter, the Secretary may exempt a vessel or class of vessels from the 
numbering requirements of this chapter under conditions the Secretary 
may prescribe.
    (b) When a State is the issuing authority, it may exempt from the 
numbering requirements of this chapter a vessel or class of vessels 
exempted under subsection (a) of this section or otherwise as permitted 
by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 591.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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12303.............................  46:1468
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    Section 12303 permits the Secretary and any State, when it is the 
issuing authority, to exempt vessels from the numbering requirements.
