FEDERAL · 46 U.S.C. · Chapter 109

Refusal to proceed

46 U.S.C. § 10904
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This text of 46 U.S.C. § 10904 (Refusal to proceed) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
46 U.S.C. § 10904.

Text

After a judgment under section 10903 of this title that a vessel is fit to proceed on the intended voyage, or after the order of a judgment to make up deficiencies is complied with, if a seaman does not proceed on the voyage, the unpaid wages of the seaman are forfeited.

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§ 10903
46 U.S.C. § 10903

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History

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)

Editorial Notes

Section 10904 provides that if a vessel is found fit to proceed by a judge or justice of the peace and a seaman refuses to proceed, the seaman shall forfeit any unpaid wages.

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