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[CITE: 46USC11103]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                   CHAPTER 111--PROTECTION AND RELIEF
 
Sec. 11103. Slop chests

    (a) A vessel to which section 11102 of this title applies shall be 
provided with a slop chest containing sufficient clothing for the 
intended voyage for each seaman, including--
        (1) boots or shoes;
        (2) hats or caps;
        (3) underclothing;
        (4) outer clothing;
        (5) foul weather clothing;
        (6) everything necessary for the wear of a seaman; and
        (7) a complete supply of tobacco and blankets.

    (b) Merchandise in the slop chest shall be sold to a seaman desiring 
it, for the use of the seaman, at a profit of not more than 10 percent 
of the reasonable wholesale value of the merchandise at the port at 
which the voyage began.
    (c) This section does not apply to a vessel on a voyage to Canada, 
Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico, or Central America, or a fishing or 
whaling vessel.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 578.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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11103.............................  46:670
                                    46:671
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    Section 11103 requires that a United States vessel on a foreign or 
intercoastal domestic voyage be equipped with a slop chest and lists the 
items the slop chest must contain.
