47 USC § 356 - Approval of installations by Commission

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title: "47 USC § 356 - Approval of installations by Commission"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "356"
section_name: "Approval of installations by Commission"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Radio Equipment and Radio Operators On Board Ship"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
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source_credit: "(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 358, formerly § 356, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194; renumbered § 358, Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1), 68 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(19), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.)"
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# § 356. Approval of installations by Commission

Insofar as is necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this part, the Commission shall have authority, for any ship subject to this part—

**(1)** To approve the details as to the location and manner of installations of the equipment required by this part or of equipment necessitated by reason of the purposes and requirements of this part.

**(2)** To approve installations, apparatus, and spare parts necessary to comply with the purposes and requirements of this part.

**(3)** To prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined to be necessary to supplement that specified in this part, for the proper functioning of the radio installation installed in accordance with this part or for the proper conduct of radio communication in time of emergency or distress.

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**Source Credit**: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 358, formerly § 356, as added May 20, 1937, ch. 229, § 10(b), 50 Stat. 194; renumbered § 358, Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(a)(1), 68 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103–414, title III, § 303(a)(19), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4295.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This part, referred to in text, commences with .

### Amendments

1994— struck out “(a)” before “Insofar as”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see section 16 of act , set out as a note under .