§ 10306 - Exhibiting merchant mariners’ documents

CHAPTER 103— FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES

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.

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1030646:643(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

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–206 substituted “master or individual in charge” for “shipping commissioner”.