{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hnc-283","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HNC § 283","heading":"","body":"A steam vessel navigating a narrow channel shall, whenever it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on its starboard side, and a steam vessel when passing another in such a channel, shall always leave the other upon the port side.","path":["Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC","DIVISION 2. NAVIGATION [240. - 310.]","CHAPTER 3. Losses [280. - 294.]","ARTICLE 1. Navigation Rules [280. - 285.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"0430a19c6ec419e4142b2ce2fdbca19bf6e5dd0b6405d7da5866afba302ef125","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hnc-282","next":"us-ca/hnc-284"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
