SUBMARINE CABLES

United States Code

U.S. Code most recently checked for updates: May 20, 2022

§ 21. Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment

§ 22. Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment

§ 23. Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted

§ 24. Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys

§ 25. Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables

§ 26. Duties of commanders of warships

§ 27. Offending vessels to show nationality

§ 28. Penalties not to bar suits for damages

§ 29. Master of offending vessel punishable

§ 30. Definitions

§ 31. Summary trials

§ 32. Application

§ 33. Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses

§ 34. Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for

§ 35. Withholding or revoking of licenses by President; terms and conditions of licenses

§ 36. Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction

§ 37. Violations; punishment

§ 38. “United States” defined

§ 39. Amendment, modification, etc., of rights granted