{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s57520","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f57520.","heading":"Vessel maintenance","text":"\u00a7\u202f57520.\nVessel maintenance\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nA charter under this chapter shall require the charterer, at the charterer\u2019s expense, to\u2014\n(1) keep the chartered vessel in good repair and efficient operating condition; and\n(2) make any repairs required by the Secretary of Transportation.\n(b)\nInspection.\u2014\nThe charter shall provide that the Secretary has the right to inspect the vessel at any time to ascertain its condition.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s57520.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s57520","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f57520."},{"t":"heading","text":"Vessel maintenance"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s57520/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"A charter under this chapter shall require the charterer, at the charterer\u2019s expense, to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s57520/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" keep the chartered vessel in good repair and efficient operating condition; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t46/s57520/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" make any repairs required by the Secretary of Transportation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s57520/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Inspection.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The charter shall provide that the Secretary has the right to inspect the vessel at any time to ascertain its condition.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}