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46 U.S.C. § 10508 — General penalties
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**(a)** A master who carries a seaman on a voyage without first making the agreement required by [section 10502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section10502&num=0&edition=prelim) shall pay to the seaman the highest wage that was paid for a similar voyage within the 3 months before the time of engagement at the port or place at which the seaman was engaged. A seaman who has not signed an agreement is not bound by the applicable regulations, penalties, or forfeitures.
**(b)** A master engaging a seaman in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.
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**(a)** A master who carries a seaman on a voyage without first making the agreement required by [section 10502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section10502&num=0&edition=prelim) shall pay to the seaman the highest wage that was paid for a similar voyage within the 3 months before the time of engagement at the port or place at which the seaman was engaged. A seaman who has not signed an agreement is not bound by the applicable regulations, penalties, or forfeitures.
**(b)** A master engaging a seaman in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty.
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**(a)** The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual in charge shall make a shipping agreement in writing with each seaman before the seaman commences employment.
**(b)** The agreement shall include the date and hour on which the seaman must be on board to begin the voyage.
**(c)** The agreement may not contain a provision on the allotment of wages or a scale of provisions.
**(d)** Each shipping agreement must be signed by the master or individual in charge or a representative of the owner, charterer, or managing operator, and by each seaman employed.
**(e)** The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual in charge shall maintain the shipping agreement and make the shipping agreement available to the seaman.
**(f)** The Secretary shall prescribe regulations requiring shipping companies to maintain records of seamen on matters of engagement, discharge, and service. The shipping companies shall make these records available to the seaman and the Coast Guard on request.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 10508
§ 10505. Advances
(a)(1) A person may not—
(A) pay a seaman wages in advance of the
time when the seaman has earned the wages;
(B) pay advance wages of the seaman to an-
other person; or
(C) make to another person an order, note,
or other evidence of indebtedness of the wages,
or pay another person, for the engagement of
seamen when payment is deducted or to be de-
ducted from the seaman’s wage.
(2) A person violating this subsection is liable
to the United States Government for a civil pen-
alty of not more than $5,000. A payment made in
violation of this subsection does not relieve the
vessel or the master from the duty to pay all
wages after they have been earned.
(b) A person demanding or receiving from a
seaman or an individual seeking employment as
a seaman, remuneration for providing the sea-
man or individual with employment, is liable to
the Government for a civil penalty of not more
than $5,000.
(c) The owner, charterer, managing operator,
agent, or master of a vessel seeking clearance
from a port of the United States shall present
the agreement required by section 10502 of this
title at the office of clearance. Clearance may be
granted to a vessel only if this section has been
complied with.
(d) This section does not apply to a fishing or
whaling vessel or a yacht.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 571; Pub. L.
99–640, § 10(b)(4), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3550; Pub.
L. 103–206, title IV, § 414, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat.
2437.)
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46:598
46:599
Section 10505 prohibits any person from paying a sea-
man on a coastwise voyage advance wages, or to pay to
another person any
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