Title 46 — Shipping
Part G · Chapter 115 — Offenses and Penalties
§ 11503. Duties of consular officers related to insubordination
Statutory text
A consular officer shall use every means to discountenance insubordination on vessels of the United States, including employing the aid of local authorities.
When a seaman is accused of insubordination, a consular officer shall inquire into the facts and proceed as provided in section 11106 of this title. If the consular officer discharges the seaman, the officer shall endorse the agreement required by this part and enter in the vessel’s official logbook the cause and particulars of the discharge.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 11503
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 583.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 583.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 11503 | 46:703 |
Section 11503 delegates to consular officers certain responsibilities related to insubordination of seamen on United States vessels.
Credits
(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 583.)