---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 175.140"
title: "33"
number: "175.140"
heading: "Prohibited use."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/175.140"
---

# §175.140. Prohibited use.


No person in a boat shall display a visual distress signal on waters to which this subpart applies under any circumstance except a situation where assistance is needed because of immediate or potential danger to the persons on board.


## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 76-183, 44 FR 73024, Dec. 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-120R, 38 FR 8115, Mar. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted.