2012 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen (§§ 2101 - 14702)
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief (§§ 10101 - 11507)
Chapter 109 - PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS (§§ 10901 - 10908)
Section 10905 - Complaints in foreign ports
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 109 - PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS Sec. 10905 - Complaints in foreign ports |
Contains | section 10905 |
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. 576. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 97 Stat. 576 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 98-89 |
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(a) When a complaint under section 10902(a) of this title is made in a foreign port, the procedures of this chapter shall be followed, with a consular officer performing the duties of the judge or justice of the peace.
(b) On review of the marine surveyors’ report, the consular officer may approve and must certify any part of the report with which the officer agrees. If the consular officer dissents from any part of the report, the officer shall certify reasons for dissenting from that part.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)
Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
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10905 | 46:656 46:657 |
Section 10905 provides that if a complaint of unfitness is made in a foreign port, a consular officer shall perform the duties of a judge or justice of the peace.
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