2018 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
Chapter 111 - Protection and Relief
Sec. 11103 - Slop chests
| 46 U.S.C. § 11103 (2018) | ||||
| §11103. Slop chests | ||||
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(a) A vessel to which section 11102 of this title applies shall be provided with a slop chest containing sufficient clothing for the intended voyage for each seaman, including— (1) boots or shoes; (2) hats or caps; (3) underclothing; (4) outer clothing; (5) foul weather clothing; (6) everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and (7) a complete supply of tobacco and blankets. (b) Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring it, for the use of the seaman, at a profit of not more than 10 percent of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchandise at the port at which the voyage began. (c) This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or whaling vessel. |
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 578.) |
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Section 11103 requires that a United States vessel on a foreign or intercoastal domestic voyage be equipped with a slop chest and lists the items the slop chest must contain. |
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| Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 111 - PROTECTION AND RELIEF Sec. 11103 - Slop chests |
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| January 14, 2019 | ||||
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| 97 Stat. 578 | ||||
| Public Law 98-89 |
