46 USC § 10904 - Refusal to proceed

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s10904"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 10904 - Refusal to proceed"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "10904"
section_name: "Refusal to proceed"
chapter_number: 109
chapter_name: "PROCEEDINGS ON UNSEAWORTHINESS"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)"
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# § 10904. Refusal to proceed

section 10903 of this title

After a judgment under  that a vessel is fit to proceed on the intended voyage, or after the order of a judgment to make up deficiencies is complied with, if a seaman does not proceed on the voyage, the unpaid wages of the seaman are forfeited.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 576.)

| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| --- | --- |
| 10904 | 46:655 |

Section 10904 provides that if a vessel is found fit to proceed by a judge or justice of the peace and a seaman refuses to proceed, the seaman shall forfeit any unpaid wages.