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[CITE: 46USC11301]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                     CHAPTER 113--OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
 
Sec. 11301. Logbook and entry requirements

    (a) Except a vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States to 
a port in Canada, a vessel of the United States shall have an official 
logbook if the vessel is--
        (1) on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign 
    port; or
        (2) of at least 100 gross tons as measured under section 14502 
    of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 
    of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of 
    this title and is on a voyage between a port of the United States on 
    the Atlantic Ocean and on the Pacific Ocean.

    (b) The master of the vessel shall make or have made in the official 
logbook the following entries:
        (1) each legal conviction of a seaman of the vessel and the 
    punishment inflicted.
        (2) each offense committed by a seaman of the vessel for which 
    it is intended to prosecute or to enforce under a forfeiture, 
    together with statements about reading the entry and the reply made 
    to the charge as required by section 11502 of this title.
        (3) each offense for which punishment is inflicted on board and 
    the punishment inflicted.
        (4) a statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications of 
    each seaman of the vessel or a statement that the master declines to 
    give an opinion about that conduct, character, and qualifications.
        (5) each illness of or injury to a seaman of the vessel, the 
    nature of the illness or injury, and the medical treatment.
        (6) each death on board, with the cause of death, and if a 
    seaman, the information required by section 10702 of this title.
        (7) each birth on board, with the sex of the infant and name of 
    the parents.
        (8) each marriage on board, with the names and ages of the 
    parties.
        (9) the name of each seaman who ceases to be a crewmember 
    (except by death), with the place, time, manner, and the cause why 
    the seaman ceased to be a crewmember.
        (10) the wages due to a seaman who dies during the voyage and 
    the gross amount of all deductions to be made from the wages.
        (11) the sale of the property of a seaman who dies during the 
    voyage, including a statement of each article sold and the amount 
    received for the property.
        (12) when a marine casualty occurs, a statement about the 
    casualty and the circumstances under which it occurred, made 
    immediately after the casualty when practicable to do so.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 581; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec. 30, 
Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2875; Pub. L. 104-324, title VII, Sec. 742, Oct. 
19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3942.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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11301.............................  46:201
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    Section 11301 requires United States vessels on certain types of 
voyages to have an official logbook and lists the types of entries that 
must be made in the logbook.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-324 inserted ``as measured under 
section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under 
section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 
14104 of this title'' after ``100 gross tons''.
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-557 amended subsec. (a) generally, 
which prior to amendment read as follows: ``A vessel of the United 
States on a voyage between a port in the United States and a port in a 
foreign country, and a vessel of the United States of at least 75 gross 
tons on a voyage between a port of the United States on the Atlantic 
Ocean and a port of the United States on the Pacific Ocean, shall have 
an official logbook.''
