Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
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verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-33/chapter-24/section-1206.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "33 U.S.C. § 1206"
+description: "Exemptions; terms and conditions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 33
+title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
+chapter_number: "24"
+chapter_name: "VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE COMMUNICATION"
+section: "1206"
+citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1206"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc33@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1206"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 33 U.S.C. § 1206 - Exemptions; terms and conditions
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary may, if he considers that marine navigational safety will not be adversely affected or where a local communication system fully complies with the intent of this concept but does not conform in detail, issue exemptions from any provisions of this chapter, on such terms and conditions as he considers appropriate.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–63, § 7, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 165.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective DateSection effective May 1, 1971, or six months after the promulgation of regulations which would implement its provisions, whichever is later, see section 10 of Pub. L. 92–63, set out as a note under section 1201 of this title.