{"identifier":"/us/usc/t46/s10509","title":46,"num":"\u00a7\u202f10509.","heading":"Penalty for failing to begin voyage","text":"\u00a7\u202f10509.\nPenalty for failing to begin voyage\n(a) A seaman who fails to be on board at the time contained in the agreement required by\nsection 10502 of this title\n(b) A seaman who does not report at all or subsequently deserts forfeits all wages.\n(c) This section does not apply to a fishing or whaling vessel or a yacht.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t46/s10509.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s10509","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f10509."},{"t":"heading","text":"Penalty for failing to begin voyage"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s10509/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" A seaman who fails to be on board at the time contained in the agreement required by ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 10502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t46/s10502","tail":", without having given 24 hours\u2019 notice of inability to do so, shall forfeit, for each hour\u2019s lateness, one-half of one day\u2019s pay to be deducted from the seaman\u2019s wages if the lateness is recorded in the official logbook on the date of the violation."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s10509/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" A seaman who does not report at all or subsequently deserts forfeits all wages.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t46/s10509/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" This section does not apply to a fishing or whaling vessel or a yacht.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}