---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 46.05-1"
title: "46"
number: "46.05-1"
heading: "Passenger vessel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/46.05-1"
---

# §46.05-1. Passenger vessel.

- (a) **For the purpose of the regulations in this part, a vessel is a passenger vessel if—**
  - (1) Engaged on an international voyage by sea, it carries or is authorized to carry more than 12 passengers; or,
  - (2) Engaged on a coastwise voyage by sea or a voyage on the Great Lakes, it carries or is authorized to carry more than 16 persons in addition to the crew.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; 46 U.S.C. 5101-5116; E.O. 12234, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16769, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.