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[CITE: 46USC5103]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
                      Part C--Load Lines of Vessels
 
                         CHAPTER 51--LOAD LINES
 
Sec. 5103. Load line requirements

    (a) A vessel may be operated only if the vessel has been assigned 
load lines.
    (b) The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, master, and 
individual in charge of a vessel shall mark and maintain the load lines 
permanently and conspicuously in the way prescribed by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 99-509, title V, Sec. 5101(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1915.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section 5103
    Source: Section (U.S. Code) 46 App. U.S.C. 86c, 88b.
    Section 5103(a) prohibits a vessel that is subject to load line 
requirements from operating, unless it has load lines assigned by the 
Secretary.
    Section 5103(b) requires that load lines be permanently and 
conspicuously maintained in the manner prescribed by the Secretary.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5110, 5116 of this title.
