2010 US Code
Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND WAR SHIPPING ACTS
Sec. 1294 - United States as entitled to all benefits of exemption and limitation of liability accorded to owners of vessels
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE TITLE 50 - APPENDIX-WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND WAR SHIPPING ACTS ACT MAR. 24, 1943, CH. 26, 57 STAT. 45 Sec. 1294 - United States as entitled to all benefits of exemption and limitation of liability accorded to owners of vessels |
| Contains | section 1294 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Mar. 24, 1943, ch. 26, §4, 57 Stat. 51. |
| Statutes at Large References | 57 Stat. 45, 51 60 Stat. 501 |
§1294. United States as entitled to all benefits of exemption and limitation of liability accorded to owners of vessels
The United States shall, with respect to vessels owned by or chartered to the War Shipping Administrator 1 under bareboat charter or time charter or operated directly by such Administrator or for his account, be entitled to the benefits of all exemptions and of all limitations of liability accorded by law to the owners of vessels. With respect to any such vessel, the term “the United States” shall include agents or other persons acting for or on behalf of the Administrator in connection with the operation thereof.
(Mar. 24, 1943, ch. 26, §4, 57 Stat. 51.)
Transfer of FunctionsWar Shipping Administration terminated as of Sept. 1, 1946, and functions, powers, duties, etc., transferred to United States Maritime Commission for period Sept. 1, 1946, to Dec. 31, 1946, for purpose of liquidating Administration, by act July 8, 1946, ch. 543, title II, §202, 60 Stat. 501.
Vessel Operations Under Revolving FundVessel operations conducted under Vessel Operations Revolving Fund, applicability of this section to, see section 50301(a) to (e) of Title 46, Shipping.
1 See Transfer of Functions note below.
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