2019 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
Chapter 103 - Foreign and Intercoastal Voyages
Sec. 10306 - Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents
46 U.S.C. § 10306 (2019) | ||||
§10306. Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents | ||||
Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 of this title, each individual required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner's document shall exhibit to the master or individual in charge a document issued to the individual, appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the individual is to serve. |
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §404, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.) |
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Section 10306 requires a seaman to exhibit an appropriately endorsed merchant mariner's document to the shipping commissioner before signing a shipping agreement. When a master acts as a shipping commissioner, the same procedure applies. AMENDMENTS1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted "master or individual in charge" for "shipping commissioner". |
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United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 46 - SHIPPING | ||||
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Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief CHAPTER 103 - FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES Sec. 10306 - Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents |
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section 10306 | ||||
2019 | ||||
January 24, 2020 | ||||
Yes | ||||
standard | ||||
97 Stat. 564 107 Stat. 2436 |
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Public Law 98-89, Public Law 103-206 |