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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-109/section-10907.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 10907"
+description: "Permission to make complaint"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "109"
+chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
+section: "10907"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10907"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10907"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 10907 - Permission to make complaint
+
+## Text
+
+(a) A master may not refuse to permit, deny the opportunity to, or hinder a seaman who wishes to make a complaint authorized by this chapter.
+
+(b) A master violating this section is liable to the United States Government for civil penalty of $500.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 577.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090746:65346:664 Section 10907 prohibits a master from hindering a seaman from making a complaint authorized by this chapter and subjects the master to a fine for violation of this section.