46-U.S.C.-10306
§10306 – Exhibiting Merchant Mariners' Documents
Pathway
Title 46 > Subtitle II > Part G > Chapter 103 > Section 10306
Details
- Reference: Section 10306
- Legend: §10306 – Exhibiting Merchant Mariners' Documents
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 of this title, each individual required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariners 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.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §404, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.)
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
|---|---|
| 10306 | 46:643(c) |
Section 10306 requires a seaman to exhibit an appropriately endorsed merchant mariners document to the shipping commissioner before signing a shipping agreement. When a master acts as a shipping commissioner, the same procedure applies.
Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted master or individual in charge for shipping commissioner.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
46-U.S.C.-9306 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Shipping
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