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[CITE: 46USC10509]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                     CHAPTER 105--COASTWISE VOYAGES
 
Sec. 10509. Penalty for failing to begin voyage

    (a) A seaman who fails to be on board at the time contained in the 
agreement required by section 10502 of this title, without having given 
24 hours' notice of inability to do so, shall forfeit, for each hour's 
lateness, one-half of one day's pay to be deducted from the seaman's 
wages if the lateness is recorded in the official logbook on the date of 
the violation.
    (b) A seaman who does not report at all or subsequently deserts 
forfeits all wages.
    (c) This section does not apply to a fishing or whaling vessel or a 
yacht.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 572.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10509.............................  46:576
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    This section provides for a reduction in the wages of seamen who 
arrive late for voyages, if their late arrival is noted in the official 
logbook. It does not apply to fishing vessels, whaling vessels or 
yachts.
