46 U.S.C. § 10509 — Penalty for failing to begin voyage
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-89 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 98 words · no verdicts yet
A seaman who is late for departure without giving 24 hours’ notice forfeits one-half day’s pay for each hour of lateness when the lateness is recorded as required. The section provides a total-wage forfeiture rule for failure to report or desertion and exceptions for certain vessels.
(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, must 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.
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 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.
A seaman who does not report at all or subsequently deserts forfeits all wages.
This section does not apply to a fishing or whaling vessel* or a yacht.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 572.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-89 · 97 Stat. 572
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-89 on 1983-08-26.
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