[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR108.157]



[Page 125]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 108_DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart B_Construction and Arrangement

 

Sec.  108.157  Locked doors.



    No door to the required means of escape may be designed to lock 

except--

    (a) A crash door or a door that has a locking device that can be 

easily forced, if on both sides of the door a permanent and easily seen 

instruction is placed; or

    (b) An outside door to a deckhouse if the door can be locked by key 

only and if the master or person in charge has control of the key to the 

door's lock.