FEDERAL · 22 U.S.C. · Chapter 6
Jurisdiction of consular officers in disputes between seamen
22 U.S.C. § 256
Title22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter6 — FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS
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22 U.S.C. § 256.
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Whenever it is stipulated by treaty or convention between the United States and any foreign nation that the consul general, consuls, vice consuls, or consular or commercial agents of each nation, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of controversies, difficulties, or disorders arising at sea or in the waters or ports of the other nation, between the master or officers and any of the crew, or between any of the crew themselves, of any vessel belonging to the nation represented by such consular officer, such stipulations shall be executed and enforced within the jurisdiction of the United States as declared in sections 257 and 258 of this title. But before this section shall take effect as to the vessels of any particular nation having such treaty with the United States, the President shall be
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History
(R.S. §4079.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. §4079 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 116, §1, 13 Stat. 121.
Codification
R.S. §4079 derived from act June 11, 1864, ch. 116, §1, 13 Stat. 121.
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