46 U.S.C. § 10306

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 10306 - Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents

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.

46 U.S.C. § 10306

Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103-206, title IV, §404, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
10306	46:643(c)

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.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1993- Pub. L. 103-206 substituted "master or individual in charge" for "shipping commissioner".