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Title 46 — Shipping

Part B · Chapter 31 — General

§ 3103. Use of reports, documents, and records

Statutory text

The Secretary may rely, as evidence of compliance with this subtitle, on—

(1)

reports, documents, and records of other persons who have been determined by the Secretary to be reliable; and

(2)

other methods the Secretary has determined to be reliable.

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.

  1. Coast Guard Regulatory Reform Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–324 title VI § 603(a) · 110 Stat. 3901

    Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 3103

    (Added Pub. L. 104–324, title VI, § 603(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3930.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 104–324, title VI, § 603(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3930.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Reports, Documents, and Records.— Chapter 31 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new section: “§ 3103. Use of reports, documents, and records “The Secretary may rely, as evidence of compliance with this subtitle, on— “(1) reports, documents, and records of other persons who have been determined by the Secretary to be reliable; and “(2) other methods the Secretary has determined to be reliable.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title VI, § 603(a), , 110 Stat. 3930.)

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