California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Insurance Code - INS |
Division 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE |
Part 1. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE |
Chapter 1. The Marine Contract |
ARTICLE 4. Effect of Course of Voyage |
Section 1943.
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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.)