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 68 STAT.]

707

PUBLIC LAW 584-AUG. 13, 1954

continuously under normal working conditions. I n new installations an emergency source of energy shall be provided in the upper part of the ship unless the main source of energy is so situated." (e) The text of section 357 of such Act, as redesignated hereby, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 357. Every ship required to be provided with lifeboat radio by treaty to which the United States is a party, by statute, or by regulation made in conformity with a treaty, convention, or statute, shall be fitted with eflScient radio equipment appropriate to such requirement under such rules and regulations as the Commission may find necessary for safety of life. For purposes of this section, 'radio equipment' shall include portable as well as nonportable apparatus." (f) Subsection 361(b) of such Act, as redesignated hereby, is amended to read as follows: "(b) Appropriate certificates concerning the radio particulars provided for in said Convention shall be issued upon proper request to any vessel which is subject to the radio provisions of the Safety Convention and is found by the Commission to comply therewith. Safety Radiotelegraphy Certificates and Safety Radiotelephony Certificates, as prescribed by the said Convention, and Exemption Certificates issued in lieu of such certificates, shall be issued by the Commission. Other certificates concerning the radio particulars provided for in the said Convention shall be issued by the Commandant of the Coast Guard or whatever other agency is authorized by law to do so upon request of the Commission made after proper inspection or determination of the facts. If the holder of a certificate violates the radio provisions of the Safety Convention or the provisions of this Act, or the rules, regulations or conditions prescribed by the Commission, and if the effective administration of the Safety Convention or of this part so requires, the Commission, after hearing in accordance with law, is authorized to modify or cancel a certificate which it has issued, or to request the modification or cancellation of a certificate which has been issued by another agency upon the Commission's request. Upon receipt of such request for modification or cancellation, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, or whatever agency is authorized by law to do so, shall modify or cancel the certificate in accordance therewith." SEC. 3. Section 3 of such Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(ee) 'Existing installation', as used in section 355 of this Act, means an installation installed on a ship prior to November 19, 1952, in the case of a United States ship subject to the radio provisions of the Safety Convention, or one installed on a ship prior to a date one year after the effective date of this subsection in the case of other ships subject to part II of title III of this Act. "(ff) 'New installation', as used in sections 355 and 356 of this Act, means an installation which replaces an existing installation or, in the case of a United States ship subject to the radio provisions of the Safety Convention, one installed on a ship subsequent to November 19, 1952, and, in the case of other ships subject to part II of title III of this Act, one which is installed subsequent to a date one year after the effective date of this subsection." Approved August 13, 1954.

L i f e b o a t radio equipped s h i p s.

"Radio ment."

C e r t i f i c a t e s of Convention, radio particulars.

Violations.

Modification cancellation.

47 USC 153. Definitions.

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