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waterbome craft upon the high seas, and in all waters connected 

 therewith. The effective date of such proclamation shall be not earlier 

 than the date fixed by the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consulta- 

 tive Organization for application of such regulations by Govern- 

 ments which have agreed to accept them. Such proclamation, together 

 with the regulations, shall be published in the Federal Register and 

 after the effective date specified in such proclamation such regulations 

 shall have effect as if enacted by statute and shall be followed by 

 all public and private vessels of the United States and by all aircraft 

 of United States registry to the extent therein made applicable. 

 Such regulations shall not apply to the harbors, rivei-s, and other 

 inland waters of the United States; to the Great Lakes of North 

 America and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as 

 the lower exit of the Saint Lambert Lock at Montreal in the Province 

 of Quebec, Canada; to the Red River of the North and the rivers 

 emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and their tributaries; nor with 

 respect to aircraft in any territorial waters of the United States. 

 (Public Law 88-131, § 1, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194.) 



Navy and Coast Guard vessels; exemption regarding lights; 

 feasible conformity to requirements; publication; effective 

 date 



33 U.S.C. 1052 



Any requirement of such regiilations in respect of the number, 

 position, range of visibility, or arc of visibility of the lights required 

 to be displayed by vessels shall not apply to any vessel of the Na^^ 

 or of the Coast Guard whenever the Secretary of the Navy or the 

 Secretary of the Treasury, in the case of Coast Guard vessels operating 

 under the Treasury Department, or such official as either may 

 designate, shall find or certify that, by reason of special construction, 

 it is not possible for such vessel or class of vessels to comply with 

 such regulations. The lights of any such exempted vessel or class 

 of vessels, however, shall conform as closely to the requirements of 

 the applicable regulations as the Secretary or such official shall find 

 or certify to be feasible. Notice of such findings or certification and 

 of the character and position of the lights prescribed to be displayed on 

 such exempted vessel or class of vessels shall be published in the Fed- 

 eral Register and in the Notice to Mariners and, after the effective date 

 specified in such notice, shall have effect as part of such regulations. 

 (Public Law 88-131, § 2, Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 194.) 



Designation of regulations 



33 U.S.C. 1053 



The regulations authorized to be proclaimed under section 1051 

 of this title are the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 

 1960, approved by the International Conference on Safety of Life 

 at Sea, 1960, held at Ix)ndon from May 17, 1960, to June 17, 1960, and 

 are set out in sections 1061-1094 of this title. (Public Law 88-131, § 4, 

 Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 195.) 



