Public Law 84–64

That section 4421 of the Revised Statutes (46 U. S. C. 399), is amended to read as follows:

“4421.

When the inspection of a steam vessel is completed and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating approves the vessel and her equipment throughout, he shall make and subscribe a certificate to that effect. He shall deliver such certificate to the master or owner of the vessel to which it relates, shall keep one copy thereof on file in his office, and shall deliver one copy to the official who is performing the duties of the collector or other chief officer of the customs of the district in which such inspection has been made, who shall keep the same on file in his office. If the Secretary refuses to grant a certificate of approval, he shall make a statement in writing and sign the same, giving the reasons for his disapproval.

Temporary certificates.

Upon such inspection and approval the Secretary shall also make and subscribe a temporary certificate, which shall set forth substantially the fact of such inspection and approval, and shall deliver the same to the master or owner of the vessel and shall keep a copy thereof on file in his office. The said temporary certificate shall be carried and exposed by vessels in the same manner as is provided in section 4423

46 USC 400.

for the regular certificate, and the form thereof and the period during which it is to be in force shall be as prescribed under the authority

46 USC 375.

of section 4405. And such temporary certificate, during such period and prior to the delivery to the master or owner of the regular certificate, shall take the place of and be a substitute for the regular certificate

46 USC 404.

of inspection, as required by this section and by section 4426, and for the purposes of said sections. Such temporary certificate shall also be subject to revocation in the manner and under the conditions

46 USC 435.

provided in section 4453. No vessel required to be inspected under the provisions of this title shall be navigated without diaving on board an unexpired regular certificate of such inspection or such temporary

Completion of voyage after expiration.

certificate: Provided, however, That any such vessel operated upon a regularly established line from a port of the Ignited States to a port of a foreign country not contiguous to the United States whose certificate of inspection expires at sea or while said vessel is in a foreign port or a port of Hawaii may lawfully complete her voyage without the regular certificate of inspection or the temporary certificate required by this section, and no liability for penalties imposed by this title for want of such certificate shall be incurred until her voyage shall have been completed: Provided, That said voyage shall be so completed within thirty days after the expiration of said certifi- eate or temporary certificate: Provided further, That no such vessel

Restriction.

whose certificate of inspection shall expire within fifteen days of the date of her sailing shall proceed upon her voyage to such port of a foreign country not contiguous to the United States without first, having procured a new certificate of inspection or the temporary certificate requited by this section.”

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