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-CITE46 USC CHAPTER 113 - OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
-EXPCITETITLE 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
CHAPTER 113 - OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
-HEADCHAPTER 113 - OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
-MISC1Sec.
11301.
11302.
11303.

Logbook and entry requirements.
Manner of making entries.
Penalties.

-End-

-CITE46 USC Sec. 11301

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-EXPCITETITLE 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
CHAPTER 113 - OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
-HEADSec. 11301. Logbook and entry requirements
-STATUTE(a) Except a vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States
to a port in Canada, a vessel of the United States shall have an
official logbook if the vessel is (1) on a voyage from a port in the United States to a foreign
port; or
(2) of at least 100 gross tons as measured under section 14502
of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured under section
14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary under section
14104 of this title and is on a voyage between a port of the
United States on the Atlantic Ocean and on the Pacific Ocean.

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(b) The master of the vessel shall make or have made in the
official logbook the following entries:
(1) each legal conviction of a seaman of the vessel and the
punishment inflicted.
(2) each offense committed by a seaman of the vessel for which
it is intended to prosecute or to enforce under a forfeiture,
together with statements about reading the entry and the reply
made to the charge as required by section 11502 of this title.
(3) each offense for which punishment is inflicted on board and
the punishment inflicted.
(4) a statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications
of each seaman of the vessel or a statement that the master
declines to give an opinion about that conduct, character, and
qualifications.
(5) each illness of or injury to a seaman of the vessel, the
nature of the illness or injury, and the medical treatment.
(6) each death on board, with the cause of death, and if a
seaman, the information required by section 10702 of this title.
(7) each birth on board, with the sex of the infant and name of
the parents.
(8) each marriage on board, with the names and ages of the
parties.
(9) the name of each seaman who ceases to be a crewmember
(except by death), with the place, time, manner, and the cause
why the seaman ceased to be a crewmember.
(10) the wages due to a seaman who dies during the voyage and
the gross amount of all deductions to be made from the wages.
(11) the sale of the property of a seaman who dies during the
voyage, including a statement of each article sold and the amount
received for the property.
(12) when a marine casualty occurs, a statement about the
casualty and the circumstances under which it occurred, made
immediately after the casualty when practicable to do so.
-SOURCE(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 581; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
30, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2875; Pub. L. 104-324, title VII, Sec.
742, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3942.)
-MISC1-

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
-------------------------------------------------------------------Revised section
Source section (U.S. Code)

-------------------------------------------------------------------11301
46:201
-------------------------------------------------------------------Section 11301 requires United States vessels on certain types of
voyages to have an official logbook and lists the types of entries
that must be made in the logbook.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-324 inserted "as measured
under section 14502 of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured
under section 14302 of this title as prescribed by the Secretary
under section 14104 of this title" after "100 gross tons".
1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-557 amended subsec. (a) generally,
which prior to amendment read as follows: "A vessel of the United
States on a voyage between a port in the United States and a port
in a foreign country, and a vessel of the United States of at least
75 gross tons on a voyage between a port of the United States on
the Atlantic Ocean and a port of the United States on the Pacific
Ocean, shall have an official logbook."
-End-

-CITE46 USC Sec. 11302

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-EXPCITETITLE 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
CHAPTER 113 - OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
-HEADSec. 11302. Manner of making entries
-STATUTEEach entry made in the official logbook (1) shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrence;
(2) if not made on the day of the occurrence, shall be dated
and state the date of the occurrence;
(3) if the entry is about an occurrence happening before the
vessel's arrival at the final port of discharge, shall be made
not later than 24 hours after the arrival;
(4) shall be signed by the master; and

(5) shall be signed by the chief mate or another seaman.
-SOURCE(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 581.)
-MISC1-

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
-------------------------------------------------------------------Revised section
Source section (U.S. Code)
-------------------------------------------------------------------11302
46:202
-------------------------------------------------------------------Section 11302 describes the manner in which entries shall be made
in the logbook, specifying when they shall be made, who shall sign
them, and requiring that they shall be dated.
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-CITE46 USC Sec. 11303

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-EXPCITETITLE 46 - SHIPPING
Subtitle II - Vessels and Seamen
Part G - Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
CHAPTER 113 - OFFICIAL LOGBOOKS
-HEADSec. 11303. Penalties
-STATUTE(a) A master failing to maintain an official logbook as required
by this part is liable to the United States Government for a civil
penalty of $200.
(b) A master failing to make an entry in the vessel's official
logbook as required by this part is liable to the Government for a
civil penalty of $200.
(c) A person is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of
$150 when the person makes, procures to be made, or assists in
making, an entry in the vessel's official logbook -

(1) later than 24 hours after the vessel's arrival at the final
port of discharge; and
(2) that is about an occurrence that happened before that
arrival.
-SOURCE(Pub. L. 98-89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 582.)
-MISC1-

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
-------------------------------------------------------------------Revised section
Source section (U.S. Code)
-------------------------------------------------------------------11303
46:203
-------------------------------------------------------------------Section 11303 provides a penalty for violation of the provisions
about logbooks in this part.
-End-


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