Pennsylvania Act 1961-432 — ALLOWING DIVERS TO PLACE A MARKER BUOY AT PLACE OF DESCENT

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ALLOWING DIVERS TO PLACE A MARKER BUOY AT PLACE OF DESCENT
                  Act of Aug. 7, 1961, P.L. 969, No. 432              Cl. 74
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing any person diving in any waterway with the aid of a
        mechanical device to place a buoy at or near the place of
        submergence, and fixing penalties.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Any person diving or submerging in any waterway
     with the aid of a diving suit or other mechanical device may
     place a buoy in the water at or near the point of submergence.
     The buoy shall bear a red flag not less than fourteen inches or
     more than twenty-four inches square with a white stripe, running
     from an upper corner to a diagonal lower corner, which stripe
     shall be one-fifth as wide as the flag itself. The buoy shall be
     in place only while actual diving operations are in progress.
        Section 2.  Whoever shall, upon summary conviction of
     operating any type of water craft within fifty feet of such a
     flagged buoy, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding
     twenty-five dollars ($25), and in default of the payment of such
     fine and costs, shall be imprisoned not exceeding five days.