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DIVISION 2. NAVIGATION 240-310›CHAPTER 3. Losses 280-294›ARTICLE 2. Liability 290-294

§ 291

California Harbors and Navigation Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Damage to person or property arising from the failure of a vessel to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, shall be deemed to have been occasioned by the wilful default of the person in charge of the deck at the time, unless the circumstances of the case made a departure from the rule necessary.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

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