Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Part 8 · Chapter 51 — Panama Canal
§ 3822. Foreign vessels
Statutory text
With respect to a foreign vessel of a country which has inspection laws approximating those of the United States, any such vessel having an unexpired certificate of inspection duly issued by the authorities of such country shall not be subject to an inspection other than that necessary to determine whether the vessel, its boilers, and its lifesaving equipment are as stated in the certificate of inspection. A certificate of inspection may not be accepted as evidence of lawful inspection under this section unless similar privileges are granted to vessels of the United States under the laws of the country to which the vessel belongs.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Panama Canal Act of 1979
Pub. L. 96–70 title I § 1812 · 93 Stat. 452
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3822
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1812, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 493.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1812, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 493.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1812. foreign vessels With respect to a foreign vessel of a country which has inspection laws approximating those of the United States, any such vessel having an unexpired certificate of inspection duly issued by the authorities of such country shall not be subject to an inspection other than that necessary to determine whether the vessel, its boilers, and its lifesaving equipment are as stated in the certificate of inspection. A certificate of inspection may not be accepted as evidence of lawful inspection under this section unless similar privileges are granted to vessels of the United States under the laws of the country to which the vessel belongs.
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