FEDERAL · 46 U.S.C. · Chapter 103
Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents
46 U.S.C. § 10306
Title46 — Shipping
Chapter103 — FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
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46 U.S.C. § 10306.
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Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 of this title, each individual required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner's 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.
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History
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §404, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.)
Editorial Notes
Section 10306 requires a seaman to exhibit an appropriately endorsed merchant mariner's document to the shipping commissioner before signing a shipping agreement. When a master acts as a shipping commissioner, the same procedure applies.
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Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted "master or individual in charge" for "shipping commissioner".
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Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted "master or individual in charge" for "shipping commissioner".
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