§ 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.

(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.

Amendments

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

Section Referred to in Other Sections

     This section is referred to in section 8701 of this title.