In a foreign port with a consulate, the U.S. Consul may excuse the Master from personally appearing before him to consent to the mutual release of an injured seaman, under which circumstance?

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If the injury requires immediate inpatient hospitalization of the seaman

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If the seaman also consents to the absence, and there is no dispute as to the wages due

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If the Master authorizes the agent to act in his place

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When the ship is still in port and the seaman can appear before the Consul after medical treatment

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