47 USC § 23 - Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted
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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s23"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 23 - Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "23"
section_name: "Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "SUBMARINE CABLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 3, 25 Stat. 41.)"
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# § 23. Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted
*Provided*
The provisions of sections 21 and 22 of this title shall not apply to a person who breaks or injures a cable in an effort to save the life or limb of himself or of any other person, or to save his own or any other vessel: , That he takes reasonable precautions to avoid such breaking or injury.
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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 3, 25 Stat. 41.)