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§7705 Subpenas and Oaths
Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part E — Merchant Seamen Licenses, Certificates, and Documents › CHAPTER 77 — SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION › § 7705
Summary
Officials who hold hearings about suspending or revoking merchant mariner credentials can swear in witnesses and issue subpoenas to require people to testify and bring records. Those subpoenas have the same reach and enforcement as chapter 63 subpoenas.
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Title 46, §7705
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(a)An official designated to investigate or preside at a hearing on matters that are grounds for suspension or revocation of licenses, certificates of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents may administer oaths and issue subpenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records or other evidence during investigations and at hearings.
(b)The jurisdictional limits of a subpena issued under this section are the same as, and are enforceable in the same manner as, subpenas issued under chapter 63 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 770546:239(e) section 7705 allows officials designated to investigate or preside at hearings on matters that are grounds for suspension and revocation proceedings to administer oaths and issue subpenas.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–36 substituted “certificates of registry, and merchant mariners’ documents” for “certificates, and documents”.
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Citation
46 U.S.C. § 7705
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Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102