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PROCLAMATIONS—AUG. 15, 1953
WHEREAS by the act approved October 11, 1951 (ch. 495, 65 Stat. 406), the Congress of the United States of America has authorized the President of the United States of America to proclaim the said regulations, which are set forth in section 6 of the said act as amended by the act approved June 26, 1953 (Public Law 82, 83d Congress, 1st session), and to specify the effective date thereof, the regulations to have effect (after the effective date thus specified), as if enacted by statute; and WHEREAS on October 26, 1951, the Government of the United States of America communicated to the Government of the United Kingdom, the depository nation, its acceptance of the regulations; and WHEREAS the Government of the United States of America has been notified by the Government of the United Kingdom, as deposito^ nation, that substantial unanimity has been reached as to the acceptance by interested countries, and that it has fixed January 1, 1954, as the date on and after which the regulations shall be applied by the Governments which have accepted them: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,.President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act, do hereby proclaim the said Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1948, as set forth in section 6 of the said act, as amended, which are attached hereto and made a part hereof, and do specify the effective date thereof as January 1, 1954. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this 15th day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-eighth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President: W A L T E R B. SMITH
Acting Secretary oj State REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA
P A R T A. — P R E L I M I N A R Y AND DEFINITIONS 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 comply fully with the provisions of Rules specifying the carrying of lights and shapes, these provisions shall be followed as closely as circumstances permit. (b) The Rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such times no other lights shall be exhibited, except such lights as cannot be mistaken for the prescribed lights or impair their visibility or distinctive character, or interfere with the keeping of a proper look-out. (c) In the following Rules, except where the context otherwise requires: (i) the word "vessel" includes every description of water craft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water; (ii) the word "seaplane" includes a flying boat and any other aircraft designed to manoeuvre on the water;
33 USC 143-147d.
67 Stat. 83. 33 USC 145g.
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1948. 33 USC 145g.
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