Federal · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
33 U.S.C. § 1478: Personal, flag state, and foreign state considerations
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assure the avoidance of risk to human life; render all possible aid to distressed persons, including facilitating repatriation of ships’ crews; and not unnecessarily interfere with rights and interests of others, including the flag state of any ship involved, other foreign states threatened by damage, and persons otherwise concerned.
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