---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 3.53"
title: "47"
number: "3.53"
heading: "FCC notification of refusal to provide telecommunications service to U.S. registered vessel(s)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/3.53"
---

# §3.53. FCC notification of refusal to provide telecommunications service to U.S. registered vessel(s).


An accounting authority must inform the FCC immediately should it receive notice from any source that a foreign administration or facility is refusing or plans to refuse legitimate public correspondence to or from any U.S. registered vessel.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j) and 303(r).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 20165, May 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.