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title: "33 U.S.C. § 1912"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_name: "PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS"
section: "1912"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1912"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 1912 - International law

## Text

Any action taken under this chapter shall be taken in accordance with international law.

(Pub. L. 96–478, § 17, as added Pub. L. 100–220, title II, § 2108, Dec. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 1464.)