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title: "46 U.S.C. § 10306"
description: "Exhibiting merchant mariners documents"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_name: "FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 10306 - Exhibiting merchant mariners documents
## Text
Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 of this title, each individual required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariners document shall exhibit to the master or individual in charge a document issued to the individual, appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the individual is to serve.
(Pub. L. 9889, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 564; Pub. L. 103206, title IV, § 404, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2436.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1030646:643(c) Section 10306 requires a seaman to exhibit an appropriately endorsed merchant mariners document to the shipping commissioner before signing a shipping agreement. When a master acts as a shipping commissioner, the same procedure applies.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1993—Pub. L. 103206 substituted “master or individual in charge” for “shipping commissioner”.