46 U.S.C. § 10503

Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)

Section 10503 - Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents

Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 of this title, a seaman required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner's document shall exhibit to the master a document issued to the seaman and appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the seaman is to serve.

46 U.S.C. § 10503

Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 570.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
10503	46:643

Under section 10503 seamen who are required to have a merchant mariner's document must exhibit it before signing a shipping agreement on a coastwise voyage.