---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 167.65-5"
title: "46"
number: "167.65-5"
heading: "Flashing the rays of a searchlight or other blinding light."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/167.65-5"
---

# §167.65-5. Flashing the rays of a searchlight or other blinding light.


Flashing the rays of a searchlight or other blinding light onto the bridge or into the pilothouse of any vessel under way is prohibited.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 6101, 8105; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 51-11, 16 FR 3218, Apr. 12, 1951, unless otherwise noted.