§ 24. — Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 47USC24]
TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
CHAPTER 2--SUBMARINE CABLES
Sec. 24. Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys
The master of any vessel which, while engaged in laying or repairing
submarine cables, shall fail to observe the rules concerning signals
that have been or shall be adopted by the parties to the convention
described in section 30 of this title with a view to preventing
collisions at sea; or the master of any vessel that, perceiving, or
being able to perceive the said signals displayed upon a telegraph ship
engaged in repairing a cable, shall not withdraw to or keep at distance
of at least one nautical mile; or the master of any vessel that seeing
or being able to see buoys intended to mark the position of a cable when
being laid or when out of order or broken, shall not keep at a distance
of at least a quarter of a nautical mile, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one month, or to a fine of not exceeding $500.
(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, Sec. 4, 25 Stat. 41.)
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
For the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,
1972, see International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,
1972, set out as a note under section 1602 of Title 33, Navigation and
Navigable Waters.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 31 of this title.
