[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR12.02-15]

[Page 204]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 12_CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 12.02_General Requirements for Certification
 
Sec. 12.02-15  Oath requirement.

    Applicants for a merchant mariner's document for any rating shall 
take an oath before an Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, or other 
official authorized to give such oath, or a commissioned officer of the 
Coast Guard authorized to administer oaths under 10 U.S.C. 936 or 14 
U.S.C. 636, that they will faithfully and honestly perform all the 
duties required of them by law and carry out all lawful orders of 
superior officers on shipboard. Such an oath remains binding for all 
subsequent merchant mariner's documents issued to a person until the 
document is surrendered to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection.

[CGD 91-211, 59 FR 49300, Sept. 27, 1994]