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" Every State shall adopt the laws and regulations necessary to provide that the breaking or injury by a ship flying its flag or by a person subject to its jurisdiction of a submarine cable beneath the high seas done wilfully or through culpable negligence, in such a manner as to be liable to interrupt or obstruct telegraphic or telephonic communications, and similarly the breaking or injury of a submarine pipeline or high-voltage power cable, shall be a punishable offence. This provision shall apply also to conduct calculated to break or injure a submarine cable or pipeline but which only results in injury to it."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ a piece of fabric, usually hung from a pole, to indicate a nationality of a vessel.
➡ to be registered to a specific country(the flag state) and use their flag while sailing.
➡ Celui qui est habile dans l'art de la navigation sur mer - qui sert à bord d'un bâtiment de l'État ou de la marine marchande; se dit d'un bateau ou d'un navire très endurant à la mer.
➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
➡ a large boat that carries people or goods across the seas or oceans
➡ a vehicle that can travel underwater, control its own movement and maintain its own life support.
➡ existing or located under the sea
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