Section 42. Searchlights; unlawful to flash  


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  • Any licensed master, pilot,
      joint pilot and engineer or operator, who shall flash  or  cause  to  be
      flashed, the rays of a searchlight into the pilot house or into the eyes
      of  the  master,  pilot,  or  operator of an approaching vessel shall be
      liable to have his license revoked.   Any  person  committing  such  act
      shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section
      seventy-three-b of this article. Searchlights  shall  not  be  known  as
      navigating lights.