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Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES (§§ 21 - 39)
Section 22 - Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment
SUBMARINE CABLES - 47 U.S.C. § 22 (2012)
§22. Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment
Any person who by culpable negligence shall break or injure a submarine cable in such manner as to interrupt or embarrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communication, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding $500, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, §2, 25 Stat. 41.)
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