Title 47
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Title 47
Title 47
SUBMARINE CABLES
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Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment
Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment
Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted
Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys
Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables
Duties of commanders of warships
Offending vessels to show nationality
Penalties not to bar suits for damages
Master of offending vessel punishable
Definitions
Summary trials
Application
Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses
Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for
Withholding or revoking of licenses by President; terms and conditions of licenses
Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction
Violations; punishment
“United States” defined
Amendment, modification, etc., of rights granted