2012 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES (§§ 21 - 39)
Section 30 - Definitions

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 30 - Definitions
Containssection 30
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditFeb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, §10, 25 Stat. 42.
Statutes at Large Reference25 Stat. 42

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SUBMARINE CABLES - 47 U.S.C. § 30 (2012)
§30. Definitions

Unless the context of this chapter otherwise requires, the term “vessel” shall be taken to mean every description of vessel used in navigation, in whatever way it is propelled; the term “master” shall be taken to include every person having command or charge of a vessel; and the term “person” to include a body of persons, corporate or incorporate. The term “convention” shall be taken to mean the International Convention for the Protection of Submarine Cables, made at Paris on the 14th day of May [March], 1884, and proclaimed by the President of the United States on the 22d day of May, 1885.

(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, §10, 25 Stat. 42.)

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