South Carolina § 54-9-30 Provisions regarding harboring deserting seamen extend to all shipping agreements.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 54-9-30 — Provisions regarding harboring deserting seamen extend to all shipping agreements.

South Carolina § 54-9-30

Title 54PORTS AND MARITIME MATTERS

Ch. 9OFFENSES RELATING TO SEAMEN

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 54-9-30 (2026).

Text

The provisions of Sections 54-9-10 and 54-9-20 shall extend to every agreement to proceed or continue on a voyage made in this State or elsewhere by a seaman, and whether in contemplation of a voyage to be commenced in the State or elsewhere, if such agreement, at the time when any such seaman may be harbored or secreted contrary to the provisions of said sections, shall not have been fully executed and determined, but shall be of force and binding on such seaman, according to the laws of this State or of the country where it was entered into or to which the ship or vessel in which such voyage was to be made may belong.

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The provisions of Sections 54-9-10 and 54-9-20 shall extend to every agreement to proceed or continue on a voyage made in this State or elsewhere by a seaman, and whether in contemplation of a voyage to be commenced in the State or elsewhere, if such agreement, at the time when any such seaman may be harbored or secreted contrary to the provisions of said sections, shall not have been fully executed and determined, but shall be of force and binding on such seaman, according to the laws of this State or of the country where it was entered into or to which the ship or vessel in which such voyage was to be made may belong.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 54-354; 1952 Code SECTION 54-354; 1942 Code SECTION 1928; 1932 Code SECTION 1928; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 911; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 901; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 615; G. S. 1653; R. S. 497; 1837 (6) 376.