§ 42. Searchlights; unlawful to flash. 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.