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Source

(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 561; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 401, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2435.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section Source section (U.S. Code)
10302 46:564

Section 10302 requires the master to make a shipping agreement with each crew member and lists the information that must be included in the agreement.

Amendments

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–206, § 401(1), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Before proceeding on a voyage, the master of a vessel to which this chapter applies shall make a shipping articles agreement in writing with each seaman in the crew.”
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103–206, § 401(2), added subsecs. (c) and (d).


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