46-U.S.C.-10103

§10103 – Reports

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Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part G > Chapter 101 > Section 10103

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• Reference: Section 10103
• Legend: §10103 – Reports
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) A master of a vessel to which section 8701(a) of this title applies, who engages or discharges a seaman, shall submit reports to the vessel owner in the form, content, and manner of filing as prescribed by regulation, to ensure compliance with laws related to manning and the engagement and discharge of seamen.

(b) This section does not apply to a ferry or towing vessel operated in connection with a ferry operation, employed only in trades other than with foreign ports, lakes, bays, sounds, bayous, canals, or harbors.

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 560; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §417, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2438.)

Section 10103 requires that masters who engage or discharge seamen submit to the Coast Guard reports of the manning of the vessel, and reports of shipping agreements which are not supervised by a shipping commissioner. It also contains a number of exceptions for specified vessels.

Amendments

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–206 struck out without a shipping commissioner being present after discharges a seaman and inserted to the vessel owner after shall submit reports.

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