Shipping - 46 USC Appendix Section 133
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01/19/04 Sec. 133. Hospital ships in time of war
Hospital ships, concerning which the conditions set forth in
articles 1, 2, and 3 of the convention concluded at The Hague on
July 29, 1899, for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the
principles of the Geneva convention of August 22, 1864, are
fulfilled, shall, in the ports of the United States and the
possessions thereof, be exempted, in time of war, from all dues and
taxes imposed on vessels by the laws of the United States, and from
all pilotage charges.
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