2002 U.S. Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 34 - INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES
SUBCHAPTER I - RULES
Part A - General
Sec. 2002 - Responsibility (Rule 2)
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 34 - INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES SUBCHAPTER I - RULES Part A - General Sec. 2002 - Responsibility (Rule 2) |
| Contains | section 2002 |
| Date | 2002 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 2003 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-591, §2, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3416. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 94 Stat. 3416 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-591 |
§2002. Responsibility (Rule 2) (a) Exoneration
Nothing in these Rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner, master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to comply with these Rules or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
(b) Departure from rules when necessary to avoid immediate dangerIn construing and complying with these Rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision and to any special circumstances, including the limitations of the vessels involved, which may make a departure from these Rules necessary to avoid immediate danger.
(Pub. L. 96–591, §2, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3416.)
References in TextThese Rules, referred to in text, are the Inland Navigational Rules which are classified to this subchapter.
CodificationSection was enacted as part of section 2 of Pub. L. 96–591 which enacted the Inland Navigational Rules which comprise this subchapter.
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