Foreign engagements

1. Law
2. USC 46
3. Shipping
4. Vessels and Seamen
5. Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
6. FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES
7. Foreign engagements

§10308. Foreign engagements

When a seaman is engaged outside the United States, the agreement required by section 10302 of this title shall be signed in the presence of a consular officer. If a consular officer is not available at the port of engagement, the seaman may be engaged, and the agreement shall be signed in the next port at which a consular officer is available.

( Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564 ; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, §406, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section	Source section (U.S. Code)
10308	46:570

Section 10308 requires that shipping agreements made in foreign ports be signed in the presence of a consular officer. The penalty for violation of this section is $100.

Amendments

1993-Pub. L. 103–206 struck out "(a)" before "When a seaman" and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: "A master engaging a seaman in violation of this section is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $100. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty."

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