GroundRules
INS § 1943
Where this section sits in the code
- Insurance Code - INS
- DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]
- PART 1. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE [1880. - 10108.1.]
- CHAPTER 1. The Marine Contract [1880. - 2010.]
- ARTICLE 4. Effect of Course of Voyage [1940. - 1945.]
A deviation is proper:
(a) When caused by circumstances over which neither the master nor the owner of the ship has any control.
(b) When necessary to comply with a warranty, or to avoid a peril, whether or not the peril is insured against.
(c) When made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds of belief in its necessity to avoid a peril.
(d) When made in good faith, for the purpose of saving human life or relieving another vessel in distress.
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