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[CITE: 46USC10703]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                 CHAPTER 107--EFFECTS OF DECEASED SEAMEN
 
Sec. 10703. Procedures of masters

    (a) If the vessel is proceeding to the United States when a seaman 
dies, the master shall deliver the seaman's money, property, and wages 
when the agreement required by this part is ended, as provided in 
section 10706 of this title.
    (b) If the vessel touches at a foreign port after the death of the 
seaman, the master shall report to the first available consular officer. 
The consular officer may require the master to deliver to the officer 
the money, property, and wages of the seaman. The consular officer shall 
give the master a receipt for the matters delivered and certify on the 
agreement the particulars of the delivery. When the agreement ends, the 
master shall deliver the receipt to a district court of the United 
States.
    (c) If the consular officer does not require the master to deliver 
the seaman's money, property, and wages, the officer shall so certify on 
the agreement, and the master shall dispose of the money, property, and 
wages as provided under section 10706 of this title.
    (d) A deduction from the account of a deceased seaman is valid only 
if certified by a proper entry in the official logbook.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 573; Pub. L. 103-206, title IV, 
Sec. 418, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2438.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10703.............................  46:622
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    Section 10703 provides for the disposal by the master of the 
property and wages of deceased seamen who have died outside the United 
States.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-206, Sec. 418(1), substituted ``in 
section 10706 of this title'' for ``by regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-206, Sec. 418(2), substituted ``to a 
district court of the United States'' for ``as prescribed by 
regulations''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-206, Sec. 418(3), substituted ``section 
10706 of this title'' for ``subsection (a) of this section''.
