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title: "47 U.S.C. § 28"
description: "Penalties not to bar suits for damages"
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title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
chapter_number: "2"
chapter_name: "SUBMARINE CABLES"
section: "28"
citation: "47 U.S.C. § 28"
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# 47 U.S.C. § 28 - Penalties not to bar suits for damages

## Text

The penalties provided in this chapter for the breaking or injury of a submarine cable shall not be a bar to a suit for damages on account of such breaking or injury.

(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 8, 25 Stat. 42.)