[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: 46CFR14.307]

[Page 241-242]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 14_SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MERCHANT MARINERS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_Discharge of Merchant Mariners
 
Sec. 14.307  Entries on certificate of discharge.

    (a) Each master or individual in charge of a vessel shall, for each 
merchant mariner being discharged from the vessel, prepare a certificate 
of discharge and two copies; whether by writing or typing them on the 
prescribed form with permanent ink or generating them from computer in 
the prescribed format; and shall sign them with permanent ink. The 
prescribed format for a certificate of discharge is

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the same as the present form CG-718A (Rev. 3-85). The left portion of 
the form has the mariner's printed name, signature, citizenship, and 
merchant mariner's document number; the certification statement, date 
and the master's signature. The right portion of the form contains the 
rate/rank the mariner is serving on the voyage, date and place of 
shipment, date and place of discharge, name of the vessel, name of the 
operating company, official number of the vessel, class of the vessel, 
and the nature of the voyage.
    (b) Each mariner being discharged shall sign the certificate and 
both copies with permanent ink.
    (c) When the mariner leaves the vessel, the master or individual in 
charge shall give the original certificate to the mariner.
    (d) Except as directed by Sec. 14.313, the shipping company shall 
keep both copies of the certificate.
    (e) The company shall provide copies of certificates of discharge to 
the mariner and the Coast Guard upon request.

[CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2002-13058, 
67 FR 61278, Sept. 30, 2002]