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46 CFR §108.157

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No door to the required means of escape may be designed to lock except—
  1. (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
  2. (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.