46 USC 12303: Exemption from numbering requirements
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46 USC 12303: Exemption from numbering requirements Text contains those laws in effect on November 21, 2024
From Title 46-SHIPPINGSubtitle II-Vessels and SeamenPart H-Identification of VesselsCHAPTER 123-NUMBERING UNDOCUMENTED VESSELS
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§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 .)

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12303 46:1468

Section 12303 permits the Secretary and any State, when it is the issuing authority, to exempt vessels from the numbering requirements.