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type: "LegalText"
title: "46 U.S.C. § 10310"
description: "Discharge"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "103"
chapter_name: "FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES"
section: "10310"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10310"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 10310 - Discharge
## Text
A master shall deliver to a seaman a full and true account of the seamans wages and all deductions at least 48 hours before paying off or discharging the seaman.
(Pub. L. 9889, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103206, title IV, § 408, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1031046:64146:642 Section 10310 requires the master of a vessel to give each seaman a full account of the seamans wages 48 hours before discharge. The penalty for violation is $50.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1993—Pub. L. 103206 struck out “or a shipping commissioner” after “to a seaman” and struck out at end “A master failing to deliver the account is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $50.”