Federal · Title 46 — Shipping
46 U.S.C. § 10509: Penalty for failing to begin voyage
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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.
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