33 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2009 Edition
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 34 - INLAND NAVIGATIONAL RULES
SUBCHAPTER I - RULES
Part B - Steering and Sailing Rules
subpart i - conduct of vessels in any condition of visibility
Sec. 2005 - Look-out (Rule 5)
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§2005. Look-out (Rule 5)

Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision.

(Pub. L. 96–591, §2, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3418.)

Repeal of Section

Pub. L. 108–293, title III, §303(a), (c), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1042, provided that this section is repealed effective on the effective date of final regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating under section 2071 of this title.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of section 2 of Pub. L. 96–591 which enacted the Inland Navigational Rules which comprise this subchapter.