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 PUBLIC LAW 98-89 —AUG. 26, 1983 97 STAT. 569 db) When discharging a seaman, a consular officer who fails to require the payment of the wages due a seaman at the time, and of the extra wages due under sul^ection (a) of this section, is account- able to the United States Government for the total amount. (c) A seaman discharged under this section with the consent of the seaman is entitled to wages up to the time of discharge, but not for any additional period. (d) If the seaman is discharged involuntarily, and it appears that the discharge was not because of neglect of duty, incompetency, or injury incurred on the vessel, the master shall provide the seaman with employment on a vessel agreed to by the seaman or shall provide the seaman with one month's extra wages. (e) Expenses for the maintenance and return of an ill or injured seaman to the United States shall be paid by the Secretary of State. If a seaman is incapacitated by illness or injury and prompt dis- charge is necessary, but a personal appearance of the master before a consular officer is impracticable, the master may provide transpor- tation to the seaman to the nearest consular officer for discharge. (f) A deduction from wages of the sesmian is permitted only if the deduction appears in the account of the seaman required to be delivered under section 10310 of this title, except for matters arising after delivery of the account, in which case a supplementary account is required. During a voyage, the master shall record in the official logbook the matters about which deductions are to be made with the amounts of the deductions. The entries shall be made as the matters occur. The master shall produce the official logbook at the time of payment of wages, and also before a competent authority on the hearing of any complaint or question about the payment of wages. § 10319. Costs of a criminal conviction In a proceeding about a seaman's wages, if it is shown that the seaman was convicted during the voyage of an offense by a compe- tent tribunal and sentenced by the tribunal, the court hearing the case may direct that a part of the wages due the seaman, but not more than $15, be applied to reimburse the master for costs properly incurred in procuring the conviction and sentence. § 10320. Records of seamen The Secretary may prescribe regulations for reporting by a master of matters about the engagement, discharge, or service of seamen that may be needed in keeping central records of seamen. § 10321. General penalty The owner, charterer, managing operator, agent, or master of a vessel on which a seaman is carried in violation of this chapter or a regulation prescribed under this chapter is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $200 for each seaman carried in violation. The vessel also is liable in rem for the penalty. CHAPTER 105—COASTWISE VOYAGES Sec. 10501. Application. 10502. Shipping articles agreements. 10503. Exhibiting merchant mariners' documents. 10504. Wages. 10505. Advances. 10506. Trusts.

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