{"data":{"id":"us/47-u.s.c.-23","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 U.S.C. § 23","heading":"Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted","body":"The provisions of sections 21 and 22 of this title shall not apply to a person who breaks or injures a cable in an effort to save the life or limb of himself or of any other person, or to save his own or any other vessel: Provided, That he takes reasonable precautions to avoid such breaking or injury.","path":["Title 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 2—SUBMARINE CABLES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc47@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:57Z","sha256":"17eb7b21ff1f3332687de4258d28d0ac8bb6ebbad29d41a98bccb520ac500064","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/47-u.s.c.-22","next":"us/47-u.s.c.-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}