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Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part E - Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
Chapter 73 - Merchant Mariners' Documents
Sec. 7303 - Possession and description of merchant mariners' documents
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| 46 U.S.C. § 7303 (2017) | ||||
| §7303. Possession and description of merchant mariners' documents | ||||
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A merchant mariner's document shall be retained by the seaman to whom issued. The document shall contain the signature, notations of nationality, age, and physical description, the photograph, and the home address of the seaman. In addition, the document shall specify the rate or ratings in which the seaman is qualified to serve. |
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 542; Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, §421, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2125.) |
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Section 7303 requires seamen to retain their merchant mariner's documents. It also specifies the information that is to be contained in the document. AMENDMENTS2002—Pub. L. 107–295 struck out "the thumbprint," after "photograph,". |
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| Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part E - Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents CHAPTER 73 - MERCHANT MARINERS' DOCUMENTS Sec. 7303 - Possession and description of merchant mariners' documents |
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| 97 Stat. 542 116 Stat. 2125 |
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| Public Law 98-89, Public Law 107-295 |
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