§ 1487. — Effective date.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1487]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 28--POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES
INTERVENTION
Sec. 1487. Effective date
This chapter shall be effective upon February 5, 1974, or upon the
date the convention becomes effective as to the United States, whichever
is later.
(Pub. L. 93-248, Sec. 18, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10.)
References in Text
The date the convention became effective as to the United States,
referred to in text, is May 6, 1975.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Pub. L. 95-302, Sec. 2, June 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 345, provided that:
``This Act [amending sections 1471 to 1473, 1479, 1482, and 1484 of this
title] shall be effective upon the date of enactment [June 26, 1978], or
upon the date the protocol becomes effective as to the United States,
whichever is later.'' [The protocol was adopted by the United States on
Sept. 7, 1978, to be effective as to the United States upon its adoption
by 15 countries. The protocol became effective as to the United States
Mar. 30, 1983.
