22-U.S.C.-4207
§4207 – Profits From Dealings With Discharged Seamen; Prohibition
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Title 22 > Chapter 52 > Subchapter XIV > Section 4207
Details
- Reference: Section 4207
- Legend: §4207 – Profits From Dealings With Discharged Seamen; Prohibition
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
No consular officer, nor any person under any consular officer shall make any charge or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation, by way of commission or otherwise, for receiving or disbursing the wages or extra wages to which any seaman or mariner is entitled who is discharged in any foreign country, or for any money advanced to any such seaman or mariner who seeks relief from any consulate; nor shall any consular officer, or any person under any consular officer, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any profit derived from clothing, boarding or otherwise supplying or sending home any such seaman or mariner. Such prohibition as to profit, however, shall not be construed to relieve or prevent any such officer who is the owner of or otherwise interested in any vessel of the United States from transporting in such vessel any such seaman or mariner, or from receiving or being interested in such reasonable allowance as may be made for such transportation by law.
(R.S. §1719; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, §3, 34 Stat. 100.)
Codification
R.S. §1719 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, §20, 11 Stat. 59.
Reference to commercial agency was omitted in view of the abolition of the grade of commercial agent by act Apr. 5, 1906.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1187 of this title, and prior thereto to section 90 of this title.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
Subchapter XIV – Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Consular officers Generally in the Legal Encyclopedia: Foreign Relations
In this entry about Subchapter XIV – Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Consular officers Generally, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to foreign relations in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States foreign relations-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
22-U.S.C.-4202 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Foreign Service
In this entry about 22-U.S.C.-4202, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to foreign service in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States foreign service-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
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