[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5, Parts 700 to 799]
[Revised as of  July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR700.734]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 700--UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart G--The Commanding Officer
 
Sec. 700.734  Relations with merchant seamen.

    When in foreign waters, the commanding officer, with the approval of 
the senior officer present, may receive on board as supernumeraries for 
rations and passage:
    (a) Distressed seamen of the United States for passage to the United

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States, provided they bind themselves to be amenable in all respects to 
Navy Regulations.
    (b) As prisoners, seamen from merchant vessels of the United States, 
provided that the witnesses necessary to substantiate the charges 
against them are received, or adequate means adopted to ensure the 
presence of such witnesses on arrival of the prisoners at the place 
where they are to be delivered to the civil authorities.