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46 U.S.C. § 10509 — Penalty for failing to begin voyage
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**(a)** A seaman who fails to be on board at the time contained in 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), without having given 24 hours’ notice of inability to do so, shall forfeit, for each hour’s lateness, one-half of one day’s pay to be deducted from the seaman’s wages if the lateness is recorded in the official logbook on the date of the violation.
**(b)** A seaman who does not report at all or subsequently deserts forfeits all wages.
**(c)** This section does not apply to a fishing or whaling vessel or a yacht.
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**(a)** A seaman who fails to be on board at the time contained in 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), without having given 24 hours’ notice of inability to do so, shall forfeit, for each hour’s lateness, one-half of one day’s pay to be deducted from the seaman’s wages if the lateness is recorded in the official logbook on the date of the violation.
**(b)** A seaman who does not report at all or subsequently deserts forfeits all wages.
**(c)** This section does not apply to a fishing or whaling vessel or a yacht.
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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
§ 10509
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–206 substituted ‘‘not
more than $5,000’’ for ‘‘$20’’.
§ 10509. Penalty for failing to begin voyage
(a) A seaman who fails to be on board at the
time contained in the agreement required by
section 10502 of this title, without having given
24 hours’ notice of inability to do so, shall for-
feit, for each hour’s lateness, one-half of one
day’s pay to be deducted from the seaman’s
wages if the lateness is recorded in the official
logbook on the date of the violation.
(b) A seaman who does not report at all or sub-
sequently deserts forfeits all wages.
(c) This section does not apply to a fishing or
whaling vessel or a yacht.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 572.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Source section (U.S. Code)
10509 ............................................
46:576
This section provides for a reduction in the wages of
seamen who arrive late for voyages, if their late arrival
is noted in the official logbook. It does not apply to
fishing vessels, whaling vessels or yachts.
CHAPTER 106—FISHING VOYAGES
Sec.
10601.
Fishing agreements.
10602.
Recovery of wages and shares of fish under
agreement.
10603.
Seaman’s duty to notify employer regarding
illness, disability, and injury.
§ 10601. Fishing agreements
(a) Before proceeding on a voyage, the owner,
charterer, or managing operator, or a represent-
ative thereof, including the master or individual
in charge, of a fishing vessel, fish processing ves-
sel, or fish tender vessel shall make a fishing
agreement in writing with each seaman em-
ployed on board if the vessel is—
(1) at least 20 gross tons as measured under
section 14502 of this title, or an alternate ton-
nage m
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