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United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
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Title 46. SHIPPING |
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SubTitle II. Vessels and Seamen |
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Part E. Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents |
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Chapter 75. GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, AND DOCUMENTATION |
§ 7501. Duplicates
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(a) If a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document issued under this part is lost as a result of a marine casualty, the holder shall be supplied with a duplicate without cost. (b) For any other loss, the seaman may obtain a duplicate on payment of reasonable costs prescribed by regulation by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983 , 97 Stat. 545; Pub. L. 99–36, § 1(a)(9)(C), May 15, 1985 , 99 Stat. 68.)
Historical And Revision
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Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
7501 | 46:643(h) |
Section 7501(a) provides that if a license, certificate or document issued to an individual is lost due to a marine casualty, the individual will be supplied with a duplicate without cost.
Subsection (b) provides that if a license, certificate or document is lost for any reason other than a marine casualty, the seaman must pay a reasonable cost for the replacement.
Amendments
1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–36 substituted “certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document” for “certificate, or document”.