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legal/us/code/title-46/chapter-143/section-14303.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "46 U.S.C. § 14303"
+description: "Tonnage Certificate"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 46
+title_name: "SHIPPING"
+chapter_number: "143"
+chapter_name: "CONVENTION MEASUREMENT"
+section: "14303"
+citation: "46 U.S.C. § 14303"
+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/s14303"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 46 U.S.C. § 14303 - Tonnage Certificate
+
+## Text
+
+(a) After measuring a vessel under this chapter, the Secretary shall issue, on request of the owner, an International Tonnage Certificate (1969) and deliver it to the owner or master of the vessel. For a vessel to which the Convention does not apply, the Secretary shall prescribe a certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.
+
+(b) The certificate issued under this section shall be maintained as required by the Secretary.
+
+(Pub. L. 99–509, title V, § 5101(3), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1921; Pub. L. 111–281, title III, § 303(e)(1), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2925.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision NotesRevised section 14303 Source: International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships. Section 14303(a) requires the Secretary to issue, on the request of the owner, an International Tonnage Certificate after measuring a vessel under this chapter. Section 14303(b) requires that the certificate be maintained as required by the Secretary.
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2010—Pub. L. 111–281, § 303(e)(1)(C), struck out “International” before “Tonnage” and “(1969)” after “Certificate” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–281, § 303(e)(1)(A), inserted at end “For a vessel to which the Convention does not apply, the Secretary shall prescribe a certificate to be issued as evidence of a vessel’s measurement under this chapter.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–281, § 303(e)(1)(B), inserted “issued under this section” after “The certificate”.