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Code · U.S. Code · Title 47 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS · CHAPTER 2— SUBMARINE CABLES · § 21

§ 21. Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment

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Any person who shall willfully and wrongfully break or injure, or attempt to break or injure, or who shall in any manner procure, counsel, aid, abet, or be accessory to such breaking or injury, or attempt to break or injure, a submarine cable in such manner as to interrupt or embarrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communication, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 1, 25 Stat. 41.)
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Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment
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ActFeb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 1
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ActAct Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17
Stat.24 Stat. 989
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