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be exempt from compliance with any requirements of the International 

 Rules of the Road, such type of vessel shall similarly be exempt from 

 compliance with any corresponding rex^juirement under the rules 

 specified in sections 154, 157-159, 173, and 301-356 of this title. (May 

 21, 1948, c. 328, § 5, 62 Stat. 250.) 



Vessels of special construction exempted from requirements as 

 to number, position, etc., of lights ; certification of lights ; com- 

 pliance where possible 



33 U.S.C. 360 



Any req[uirement as to the number, position, range of visibility, or 

 arc of visibility of lights required to be displayed by vessels under 

 sections 61-141 of this title; or sections 154-231 of this title; or 

 sections 241-294 of this title; or sections 301-356 of this title; and 

 all laws amendatory thereto, shall not apply to any vessel of the Navy 

 or of the Coast Guard, where, the Secretary of the Navy, or the 

 Secretary of the Treasuiy in the case of Coast Guard vessels operating 

 under the Treasury Department, or such official or officials as either 

 may designate, shall find or certify that, by reason of special construc- 

 tion, it is not possible with respect to such vessel or class of vessels to 

 comply with the statutory provisions as to the number,^ position, range 

 of visibility, or arc of visibility of lights. The lights of any such 

 exempted vessel or class of vessels shall, however, comply as closely 

 to the requirements of the applicable sections as the Secretary shall 

 find to be feasible. (Dec. 3, 1945, c. 511, § 1, 59 Stat. 590. ) 



Publication of notice and character and number of lights 



33 U.S.C. 360a 



Wlien the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of the Treasury, 

 or such official or officials as either may designate, shall make any 

 finding or certification as prescribed in section 360 of this title, notice 

 of such finding or certification and the character and position of the 

 lights to be displaved on such vessel shall be published in ''Notice to 

 Mariners". (Dec.'3, 1945, c. 511, § 2, 59 Stat. 591.) 



International Rules, 1960 



33 U.S.C. 1061-1094 



The regulations authorized to be proclaimed under 33 T^.S.C. 1051 

 are the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1960, approved 

 by the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, 1960, held 

 at London from May 17, 1960, to June 17, 1960, as follows : 



Regulations for Pre\'enting Collisions at Sea 



part a. preliminary and definitions 



33 U.S.C. 1061 (Rule 1) 



(a) These Rules shall be followed by all vessels and seaplanes upon 

 the high seas and in all waters connected therewith navigable by 

 seagoing vessels, except as provided in Rule 30. Where, as a result 

 of their special construction, it is not possible for seaplanes to coranlv 



