California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 773.4

HNC § 773.4 Effective Sep 26, 1983Div. 3 · Ch. 5 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)No operator or charterer shall prevent any person from complying with, or direct any person to violate, any provision of this article, or direct the captain to get underway over the captain’s objection that the condition of the vessel, or the weather, or a combination of both, makes the trip inadvisable.

(b)It shall be a full and complete defense to a charge of violating this section that, given the then-existing conditions of the vessel and the weather, the captain’s or other person’s compliance, however obtained, did not violate and would not have violated any provision of this article or any regulation of the Coast Guard, and was and would have been consistent with all safety precautions and procedures recommended by the Coast Guard.

(c)As used in this section:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1049, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1983.