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[CITE: 46USC10906]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
               CHAPTER 109--PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS
 
Sec. 10906. Discharge of crew for unsuitability

    When a survey is made at a foreign port, the surveyors shall state 
in the report whether, in their opinion, the vessel had been sent to sea 
unsuitably provided in any important particular, by neglect or design or 
through mistake or accident. If by neglect or design, and the consular 
officer approves the finding, the officer shall discharge a seaman 
requesting discharge and shall require the master to pay one month's 
wages to that seaman in addition to wages then due, or sufficient money 
for the return of the seaman to the nearest and most convenient port of 
the United States, whichever is the greater amount.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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10906.............................  46:658
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    Section 10906 provides that if a consular officer finds that a 
vessel has been sent to sea in an unsuitable state, a crew member 
requesting discharge must be paid one month's additional wages and 
passage to the United States.
