2017 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 2 - Submarine Cables
Sec. 30 - Definitions

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Citation 47 U.S.C. § 30 (2017)
Section Name §30. Definitions
Section Text

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.

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 2 - SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 30 - Definitions
Contains section 30
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 25 Stat. 42
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