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[CITE: 47USC381]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
                 CHAPTER 5--WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO
 
  Part III--Radio Installations on Vessels Carrying Passengers for Hire
 
Sec. 381. Vessels transporting more than six passengers for hire 
        required to be equipped with radiotelephone
        
    Except as provided in section 382 of this title, it shall be 
unlawful for any vessel of the United States, transporting more than six 
passengers for hire, to be navigated in the open sea or any tidewater 
within the jurisdiction of the United States adjacent or contiguous to 
the open sea, unless such vessel is equipped with an efficient 
radiotelephone installation in operating condition.

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, Sec. 381, as added Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 
973, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 1047; amended Pub. L. 103-414, title III, 
Sec. 303(a)(20)(A), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-414 inserted section catchline.


                             Effective Date

    Section 4 of act Aug. 6, 1956, provided that: ``The amendments made 
herein [enacting this part and amending sections 153 and 504 of this 
title] shall take effect March 1, 1957.''
