47 USC § 28 - Penalties not to bar suits for damages
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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s28"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 28 - Penalties not to bar suits for damages"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "28"
section_name: "Penalties not to bar suits for damages"
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, § 8, 25 Stat. 42.)"
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# § 28. Penalties not to bar suits for damages
The penalties provided in this chapter for the breaking or injury of a submarine cable shall not be a bar to a suit for damages on account of such breaking or injury.
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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 8, 25 Stat. 42.)