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[CITE: 46USC10302]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
              CHAPTER 103--FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
 
Sec. 10302. Shipping articles agreements

    (a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual 
in charge shall make a shipping agreement in writing with each seaman 
before the seaman commences employment.
    (b) The agreement shall contain the following:
        (1) the nature, and, as far as practicable, the duration of the 
    intended voyage, and the port or country in which the voyage is to 
    end.
        (2) the number and description of the crew and the capacity in 
    which each seaman is to be engaged.
        (3) the time at which each seaman is to be on board to begin 
    work.
        (4) the amount of wages each seaman is to receive.
        (5) regulations about conduct on board, and information on 
    fines, short allowance of provisions, and other punishment for 
    misconduct provided by law.
        (6) a scale of the provisions that are to be provided each 
    seaman.
        (7) any stipulation in reference to advances and allotments of 
    wages.
        (8) other matters not contrary to law.

    (c) Each shipping agreement must be signed by the master or 
individual in charge or a representative of the owner, charterer, or 
managing operator, and by each seaman employed.
    (d) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual 
in charge shall maintain the shipping agreement and make the shipping 
agreement available to the seaman.

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

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10302.............................  46:564
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    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, Sec. 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, Sec. 401(2), added subsecs. (c) 
and (d).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 10303, 10304, 10305, 10306, 
10307, 10308, 10312, 10313, 10314, 10315, 10318 of this title.
