
      The master of any vessel which, while engaged in laying or
    repairing submarine cables, shall fail to observe the rules
    concerning signals that have been or shall be adopted by the
    parties to the convention described in section 30 of this title
    with a view to preventing collisions at sea; or the master of any
    vessel that, perceiving, or being able to perceive the said signals
    displayed upon a telegraph ship engaged in repairing a cable, shall
    not withdraw to or keep at distance of at least one nautical mile;
    or the master of any vessel that seeing or being able to see buoys
    intended to mark the position of a cable when being laid or when
    out of order or broken, shall not keep at a distance of at least a
    quarter of a nautical mile, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
    on conviction thereof, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term
    not exceeding one month, or to a fine of not exceeding $500.

     INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, 1972 
      For the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
    Sea, 1972, see International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
    at Sea, 1972, set out as a note under section 1602 of Title 33,
    Navigation and Navigable Waters.

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