33 USC 2037: Distress signals (Rule 37)
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33 USC 2037: Distress signals (Rule 37) Text contains those laws in effect on January 8, 2008
From Title 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSCHAPTER 34-INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULESSUBCHAPTER I-RULESPart D-Sound and Light Signals
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§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, §2, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3432 .)

Repeal of Section

Pub. L. 108–293, title III, §303(a), (c), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1042 , provided that this section is repealed effective on the effective date of final regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating under section 2071 of this title.

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.