47 U.S.C. § 21
Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1991–1992 · leading case: Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. v. M/V Cape Fear, 967 F.2d 864 (3rd Cir. 1992).
Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. v. M/V Cape Fear, 967 F.2d 864 (3rd Cir. 1992). “47 U.S.C. § 21 . It is also a misdemeanor to inflict the same injury “by culpable negligence.”
Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. v. M/V Cape Fear, 763 F. Supp. 97 (D.N.J. 1991). “47 U.S.C. §§ 21 and 22 provide criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment, for persons who “willfully and wrongfully,” or “by culpable negligence,” damage submarine cables so as to “interrupt or embarrass, in whole or in part, telegraphic communication.”
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