47 U.S.C. § 28 — Penalties not to bar suits for damages

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Being punished under this chapter for breaking or damaging a submarine cable doesn't stop a separate lawsuit. A person harmed by that same breaking or injury can still sue for damages.

This is one short, undivided rule. This chapter sets criminal penalties for breaking or injuring a submarine cable. This section clarifies that those penalties are not a bar to — do not block — a separate civil lawsuit for damages based on the same breaking or injury.

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The penalties provided in this chapter for the breaking or injury of a submarine cable shall not be a bar to a suit for damages on account of such breaking or injury.

Source credit: (Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 8, 25 Stat. 42.)

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1888Enacted · Act of Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17 · 25 Stat. 42

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 17 on 1888-02-29.

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