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title: "46 U.S.C. § 10906"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 10906 - Discharge of crew for unsuitability
## Text
When a survey is made at a foreign port, the surveyors shall state in the report whether, in their opinion, the vessel had been sent to sea unsuitably provided in any important particular, by neglect or design or through mistake or accident. If by neglect or design, and the consular officer approves the finding, the officer shall discharge a seaman requesting discharge and shall require the master to pay one months wages to that seaman in addition to wages then due, or sufficient money for the return of the seaman to the nearest and most convenient port of the United States, whichever is the greater amount.
(Pub. L. 9889, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1090646:658 Section 10906 provides that if a consular officer finds that a vessel has been sent to sea in an unsuitable state, a crew member requesting discharge must be paid one months additional wages and passage to the United States.