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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "47 U.S.C. § 22"
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description: "Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 47
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title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
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chapter_number: "2"
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chapter_name: "SUBMARINE CABLES"
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section: "22"
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citation: "47 U.S.C. § 22"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc47@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s22"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-47/usc47.xml"
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source_hash: "37a37987e2d4e5637a268790cb535ef813b8a53f3b0b7a06c9ed9239ed6c2d54"
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raw_snapshot_hash: "7cfb2d22df305544d8fac4913876d34c6b712d99019bd01ec134ed44ef145534"
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text_hash: "643c9f587caa115e9bd624d9afdaf0655aed249853b3edaefb813a853038bd13"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 47 U.S.C. § 22 - Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment
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## Text
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Any person who by culpable negligence shall 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 three months, or to a fine not exceeding $500, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
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(Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, § 2, 25 Stat. 41.)
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