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type: "LegalText"
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title: "46 U.S.C. § 10904"
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description: "Refusal to proceed"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "109"
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chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
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section: "10904"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10904"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc46@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10904"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-46/usc46.xml"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 46 U.S.C. § 10904 - Refusal to proceed
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## Text
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After a judgment under section 10903 of this title that a vessel is fit to proceed on the intended voyage, or after the order of a judgment to make up deficiencies is complied with, if a seaman does not proceed on the voyage, the unpaid wages of the seaman are forfeited.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090446:655 Section 10904 provides that if a vessel is found fit to proceed by a judge or justice of the peace and a seaman refuses to proceed, the seaman shall forfeit any unpaid wages.
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