33 USC § 1483 - Foreign government ships; immunity

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1483"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 1483 - Foreign government ships; immunity"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1483"
section_name: "Foreign government ships; immunity"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–248, § 14, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10.)"
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# § 1483. Foreign government ships; immunity

No measures may be taken under authority of this chapter against any warship or other ship owned or operated by a country and used, for the time being, only on Government noncommercial service.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–248, § 14, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10.)