2016 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Commerce And Navigation
Section 12:8-16 - Oath Taken By Maritime Pilot.

NJ Rev Stat § 12:8-16 (2016) What's This?

12:8-16 Oath taken by maritime pilot.

12:8-16. Whenever a person is first licensed as a maritime pilot, the president of the commission, or in the absence of the president, any commissioner, shall administer to that person the following oath:

"I, A.B., do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will well and faithfully, and according to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute and discharge the business and duty of a deputy or full branch maritime pilot for pilotage waters including, but not limited to, the bar, Jersey City, Newark, and Perth Amboy and harbor of Sandy Hook, and any bays, rivers, harbors, or ports of the waters of this State between Sandy Hook, in the county of Monmouth and the city of Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic, and that I will at all times use my best endeavors to repair on board all ships and vessels that I shall see and conceive to be bound for, or coming into, or going out of the harbor and bodies of water aforesaid, unless I am well assured that some other licensed pilot is then on board the same; and I do further swear (or affirm), that I will, from time to time and at all times, make the best dispatch in my power to bring safely over the bar at Sandy Hook and into any bays, rivers, harbors, or ports of the waters of this State between Sandy Hook, in the county of Monmouth and the city of Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic, every vessel committed to my care in coming in or going out; and that I will, from time to time and at all times, truly observe, follow and fulfill, to the best of my skill, ability, and knowledge, all such orders and directions as I shall or may receive from the New Jersey Maritime Pilot and Docking Pilot Commission, relative to all matters or things that may appertain to the duty of a pilot."

Amended 1987, c.435, s.2; 1991, c.76, s.3; 2004, c.72, s.20.

12:8-17.1 Access to certain records of pilots.

38. A docking pilot or maritime pilot licensed by the State of New Jersey or applying for a license is deemed to authorize the commission to obtain, from time to time, the National Drivers Registry records pertaining to the docking pilot or maritime pilot and from his employer or association records pertaining to the docking pilot's or maritime pilot's participation in a drug testing program and the results of drug or alcohol tests issued by a testing facility.

L.2004,c.72,s.38.


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