Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§1484 Interpretation and Administration; Other Right, Duty, Privilege, or Immunity and Other Remedy Unaffected
Title 33 › Chapter 28— POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION › § 1484
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Use this chapter in line with the convention, the protocol, and other international law. Unless stated otherwise, it cannot take away anyone's existing rights or legal protections.
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Title 33, §1484
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This chapter shall be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with the convention, the protocol, and other international law. Except as specifically provided, nothing in this chapter may be interpreted to prejudice any otherwise applicable right, duty, privilege, or immunity or deprive any country or person of any remedy otherwise applicable.
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1978—Pub. L. 95–302 inserted “, the protocol,” after “convention”.
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of 1978 AmendmentFor
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of amendment by Pub. L. 95–302, see section 2 of Pub. L. 95–302, set out as a note under section 1487 of this title.
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33 U.S.C. § 1484
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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