2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief (§§ 10101 - 11507)
Chapter 103 - FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES (§§ 10301 - 10321)
Section 10312 - Settlements on discharge
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 103 - FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES Sec. 10312 - Settlements on discharge |
Contains | section 10312 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 565; Pub. L. 103-206, title IV, §410, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2437. |
Statutes at Large References | 97 Stat. 565 107 Stat. 2437 |
Public Law References | Public Law 98-89, Public Law 103-206 |
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When discharge and settlement are completed, the master, individual in charge, or owner and each seaman shall sign the agreement required by section 10302 of this title.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 565; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §410, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2437.)
Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
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10312(a), (b), (d)–(f) | 46:644 |
10312(c) | 46:652 |
Section 10312 outlines the procedures for settlements upon discharge and for settling disputes over seamen's wages and discharges.
Amendments1993—Pub. L. 103–206 amended heading and text of section generally, substituting text consisting of sentence relating to signing agreements on discharge and settlement for former subsecs. (a) to (f) relating to such agreements, proceedings before shipping commissioners to settle disputes, certified copies of agreements, evidence of release of claims, and statements of wages paid.
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