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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · provide for the regulation of interstate and foreign communication by wire or radio, and for other purposes · Sec. 318

Sec. 318. OPERATION OF TRANSMITTING APPARATUS

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## SEC. 318 OPERATION OF TRANSMITTING APPARATUS **[**[47 U.S.C. 318](/us/usc/t47/s318)**]** The actual operation of all transmitting apparatus in any radio station for which a station license is required by this Act shall be carried on only by a person holding an operator's license issued hereunder, and no person shall operate any such apparatus in such station except under and in accordance with an operator's license issued to him by the Commission: *Provided, however, *That the Commission if it shall find that the public interest, convenience, or necessity will be served thereby may waive or modify the foregoing provisions of this section for the operation of any station except
(1)stations for which licensed operators are required by international agreement,
(2)stations for which licensed operators are required for safety purposes, and
(3)stations operated as common carriers on frequencies below thirty thousand kilocycles: *Provided further, *That the Commission shall have power to make special regulations governing the granting of licenses for the use of automatic radio devices and for the operation of such devices.
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