2011 California Code
Insurance Code
DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880 - 12865]
ARTICLE 4. Effect of Course of Voyage
Section 1943
A deviation is proper:
(a) When caused by circumstances over which neither the master nor the owner of the ship has any control.
(b) When necessary to comply with a warranty, or to avoid a peril, whether or not the peril is insured against.
(c) When made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds of belief in its necessity to avoid a peril.
(d) When made in good faith, for the purpose of saving human life or relieving another vessel in distress.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
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