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[CITE: 46USC7501]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
      Part E--Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents
 
    CHAPTER 75--GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND 
                              DOCUMENTATION
 
Sec. 7501. Duplicates

    (a) If a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner's 
document issued under this part is lost as a result of a marine 
casualty, the holder shall be supplied with a duplicate without cost.
    (b) For any other loss, the seaman may obtain a duplicate on payment 
of reasonable costs prescribed by regulation by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 99-36, 
Sec. 1(a)(9)(C), May 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 68.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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          Revised section                Source section (U.S. Code)
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7501..............................  46:643(h)
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    Section 7501(a) provides that if a license, certificate or document 
issued to an individual is lost due to a marine casualty, the individual 
will be supplied with a duplicate without cost.
    Subsection (b) provides that if a license, certificate or document 
is lost for any reason other than a marine casualty, the seaman must pay 
a reasonable cost for the replacement.


                               Amendments

    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-36 substituted ``certificate of 
registry, or merchant mariner's document'' for ``certificate, or 
document''.
