2017 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 2 - Submarine Cables
Sec. 25 - Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables
| 47 U.S.C. § 25 (2017) |
| §25. Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables |
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The master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep his implements or nets at a distance of at least one nautical mile from a vessel engaged in laying or repairing a cable; or the master of any fishing vessel who shall not keep his implements or nets at a distance of at least a quarter of a nautical mile from a buoy or buoys intended to mark the position of a cable when being laid or when out of order or broken, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten days, or to a fine not exceeding $250, or to both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Fishing vessels, on perceiving or being able to perceive the said signals displayed on a telegraph ship, shall be allowed such time as may be necessary to obey the notice thus given, not exceeding twenty-four hours, during which period no obstacle shall be placed in the way of their operations. |
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(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, §5, 25 Stat. 42.) |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
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| Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES Sec. 25 - Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables |
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| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| No |
| standard |
| 25 Stat. 42 |
