2017 US Code
Title 47 - Telecommunications
Chapter 2 - Submarine Cables
Sec. 36 - Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction

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Citation 47 U.S.C. § 36 (2017)
Section Name §36. Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction
Section Text

The President is empowered to prevent the landing of any cable about to be landed in violation of sections 34 to 39 of this title. When any such cable is about to be or is landed or is being operated without a license, any district court of the United States exercising jurisdiction in the district in which such cable is about to be or is landed, or any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, shall have jurisdiction, at the suit of the United States, to enjoin the landing or operation of such cable or to compel, by injunction, the removal thereof.

Source Credit

(May 27, 1921, ch. 12, §3, 42 Stat. 8.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which comprises this chapter.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

For delegation of functions vested in President by this section to Federal Communications Commission, see note set out under section 34 of this title.

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. 36 - Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction
Contains section 36
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 42 Stat. 8
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