---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 2.5"
title: "33"
number: "2.5"
heading: "Specific definitions control."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/2.5"
---

# §2.5. Specific definitions control.


In cases where a particular statute, regulation, policy or procedure provides a specific jurisdictional definition that differs from the definitions contained in this part, the former definition controls.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2001-9044, 68 FR 42598, July 18, 2003, as amended by USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58275, Sept. 18, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 503; 33 U.S.C. 70031; Public Law 89-670, 80 Stat. 931, 49 U.S.C. 108; Public Law 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, 2249, 6 U.S.C. 101 note and 468; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-2001-9044, 68 FR 42598, July 18, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2001-9044, 68 FR 42598, July 18, 2003, as amended by USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58275, Sept. 18, 2020]