
      (a) If the certificate of inspection of a vessel expires when the
    vessel is on a foreign voyage, the vessel may complete the voyage
    to a port of the United States within 30 days of the expiration of
    the certificate without incurring the penalties for operating
    without a certificate of inspection.
      (b) If the certificate of inspection would expire within 15 days
    of sailing on a foreign voyage from a United States port, the
    vessel shall secure a new certificate of inspection before sailing,
    unless the voyage is scheduled to be completed prior to the
    expiration date of the certificate. If a voyage scheduled to be
    completed in that time is not so completed, the applicable
    penalties may be enforced unless the failure to meet the schedule
    was beyond the control of the owner, charterer, managing operator,
    agent, master, or individual in charge of the vessel.
      (c) When the certificate of inspection of a foreign vessel
    carrying passengers, operated on a regularly established line,
    expires at sea after leaving the country to which it belongs or
    when the vessel is in the United States, the Secretary may permit
    the vessel to sail on its regular route without further inspection
    than would have been required had the certificate not expired. This
    permission applies only when the vessel will be regularly inspected
    and issued a certificate before the vessel's next return to the
    United States.

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    3314                                  46:362                        
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      Section 3314 contains the procedures for when a vessel's
    certificate of inspection expires while on a foreign voyage.

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