DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE 1880-12880.6›PART 1. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE 1880-10108.1›CHAPTER 1. The Marine Contract 1880-2010›ARTICLE 4. Effect of Course of Voyage 1940-1945
§ 1943
California Insurance Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
A deviation is proper:
(a) When caused by circumstances over which neither the master nor the owner of the ship has any control.
(b) When necessary to comply with a warranty, or to avoid a peril, whether or not the peril is insured against.
(c) When made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds of belief in its necessity to avoid a peril.
(d) When made in good faith, for the purpose of saving human life or relieving another vessel in distress.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
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