33 USC § 1484 - Interpretation and administration; other right, duty, privilege, or immunity and other remedy unaffected

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title: "33 USC § 1484 - Interpretation and administration; other right, duty, privilege, or immunity and other remedy unaffected"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1484"
section_name: "Interpretation and administration; other right, duty, privilege, or immunity and other remedy unaffected"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–248, § 15, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(6), June 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 345.)"
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# § 1484. Interpretation and administration; other right, duty, privilege, or immunity and other remedy unaffected

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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–248, § 15, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(6), June 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 345.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— inserted “, the protocol,” after “convention”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by , see , set out as a note under .