VERMENT AUUSE HUNG KUNG.
The Convention
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Convention for the Protection of
Submarine Cables, 1884
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Item 19.1
The
Convention for the Protection of Submarine
Cables as supplemented by the Declaration on the Protection
Of Submarine
the Protocol on the
Cables 1887 ("the Convention")
Protection of
Cables
Submarine
1886, and
of
Under the Convention,
the
it
(text at Annex A) aims to protect submarine cables lying outside the territorial waters of the Contracting Parties. The Convention is applicable to all legally established submarine cables landed in the territories
Contracting Parties is a punishable offence to break or damage à submarine cable wilfully or through culpable negligence where such
action results in the interruption or embarrassment of
telegraphic communication.
The Convention does not
(Article 1).
Of object
however, apply to those who have covered such damage with
the legitimate
saving their
their lives ΟΣ
vessels after having taken all
necessary precautions to
avoid such damage (Article 2). Contracting Parties are
required to observe repairing submarine cables (Articles 3-6).
the rules of safety
in
laying or
Owners
of
submarine cables are required to compensate owners of ships or vessels who can prove that they have suffered property loss in order to avoid injuring those submarine cables
(Article 7).
2.
1884.
The Convention
Article 14
taken part in the
was signed at Paris on 14 March provides that any states that have not Convention shall be allowed to adhere
thereto by giving notice diplomatically to the Government
of the
French Republic which is required to pass it to the
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