§ 10306.
Before signing the agreement required by section 10302 of this title, each individual required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner’s document shall exhibit to the master or individual in charge a document issued to the individual, appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the individual is to serve.
([Pub. L. 98–89], Aug. 26, 1983, [97 Stat. 564]; [Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 404], Dec. 20, 1993, [107 Stat. 2436].)