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[CITE: 10USC5948]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                    CHAPTER 551--OFFICERS IN COMMAND
 
Sec. 5948. Consular powers: senior officer present afloat

    In any foreign port where there is no resident consul of the United 
States, or on the high seas, the senior officer present afloat has the 
powers of a consul in relation to mariners of the United States.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 372.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5948..................................  34 U.S.C. 217.                       R.
S. 1433.
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    The words ``the senior officer present afloat'' are substituted for 
the words ``The commanding officer of any fleet, squadron, or vessel 
acting singly''. At the time of enactment of the Revised Statutes, the 
word ``squadron'' meant any number of vessels more than one. Today the 
concept of ``senior officer present afloat'' covers as nearly as 
possible the current equivalent of the original statute.
