---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 35.20-20"
title: "46"
number: "35.20-20"
heading: "Master's and officer's responsibility—TB/ALL."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/35.20-20"
---

# §35.20-20. Master's and officer's responsibility—TB/ALL.


Nothing in this part exonerates any Master or officer in command from the consequences of any neglect to keep a proper lookout or the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seafarers or by the special circumstances of the case.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93139, Nov. 25, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101, 70011, 70034; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; Executive Order 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Executive Order 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16704, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2021-0097, 89 FR 93139, Nov. 25, 2024]