2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief (§§ 10101 - 11507)
Chapter 105 - COASTWISE VOYAGES (§§ 10501 - 10509)
Section 10503 - Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents
| 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 105 - COASTWISE VOYAGES Sec. 10503 - Exhibiting merchant mariners documents |
| Contains | section 10503 |
| 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. 570. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 97 Stat. 570 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 98-89 |
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Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 of this title, a seaman required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner's document shall exhibit to the master a document issued to the seaman and appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the seaman is to serve.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 570.)
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
|---|---|
| 10503 | 46:643 |
Under section 10503 seamen who are required to have a merchant mariner's document must exhibit it before signing a shipping agreement on a coastwise voyage.
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