47 U.S.C. § 36 — Preventing landing or operating of cables;

Page 7 TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS §§ 51 to 63 Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 1934—Act June 19, 1934, substituted ‘‘of the Federal Communications Commission’’ for ‘‘heretofore granted the Interstate Commerce Commission’’. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegation of functions vested in President by this section to Federal Communications Commission, see note set out under section 34 of this title. § 36. Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction The President is empowered to prevent the landing of any cable about to be landed in viola- tion of sections 34 to 39 of this title. When any such cable is about to be or is landed or is being operated without a license, any district court of the United States exercising jurisdiction in the district in which such cable is about to be or is landed, or any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, shall have jurisdiction, at the suit of the United States, to enjoin the landing or operation of such cable or to compel, by injunction, the re- moval thereof. (May 27, 1921, ch. 12, § 3, 42 Stat. 8.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which comprises this chapter. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegation of functions vested in President by this section to Federal Communications Commission, see note set out under section 34 of this title. § 37. Violations; punishment Whoever knowingly commits, instigates, or assists in any act forbidden by section 34 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (May 27, 1921, ch. 12, § 4, 42 Stat. 8.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which comprises this chapter. § 38. ‘‘United States’’ defined The term ‘‘United States’’ as used in sections 34 to 39 of this title includes the Canal Zone and all territory continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America. (May 27, 1921, ch. 12, § 5, 42 Stat. 8; Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.) REFERENCES IN TEXT For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Inter- course. Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Words ‘‘the Philippine Islands’’ deleted on authority of Proc. No. 2695 issued pursuant to section 1394 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, which recognized independence of Philippine Islands as of July 4, 1946. Proc. No. 2695 is set out under section 1394 of Title 22. Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which comprises this chapter. § 39. Amendment, modification, etc., of rights granted No right shall accrue to any government, per- son, or corporation under the terms of sections 34 to 39 of this title that may not be rescinded, changed, modified, or amended by the Congress. (May 27, 1921, ch. 12, § 6, 42 Stat. 9.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was not enacted as part of the Submarine Cable Act which comprises this chapter. CHAPTER 3—RADIOTELEGRAPHS §§ 51 to 63. Repealed. Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 169, § 39, 44 Stat. 1174 Section 51, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 1, 37 Stat. 302, required license for operation of apparatus for radio communication and transmission of radiograms or sig- nals, revocable for cause, described its interstate, for- eign and local aspects, exempted the United States from its requirement and provided for special call let- ters for every Government station and penalties and forfeiture of offending apparatus. See sections 301, 305, 312, 501, and 503 of this title. Section 52, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 2, 37 Stat. 303, related to form of license, United States citizenship of licensee, and contents of license, including statement of restrictions, ownership, location, purpose, wave length, and hours for work of station, subjection to rules and regulations and to closing by the President in time of war, public peril or disaster or Government use or control with payment of just compensation. See sec- tions 307 to 309 of this title. Section 53, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 3, 37 Stat. 303, required that operators of radio apparatus be licensed, provided for one year period of suspension of license for noncompliance with rules and regulations, declared the employment of unlicensed operators to be unlawful and provided penalty therefor and authorized the issuance of temporary permits in emergencies by collector of customs to operators on a vessel. See sections 308 and 318 of this title. Section 54, act Aug. 13, 1912, ch. 287, § 4, 37 Stat. 304, subjected private and commercial stations to certain specific regulations, provided for enforcement and waiver of regulations, for grant of special temporary li- censes to conduct radio tests and experiments, and pre- scribed general penalty for violation of regulations and reduction and remittance of such penalty and suspen- sion or revocation of license. The Regulations, num- bered First-Nineteenth, related to: (1) normal wave length; (2) other wave lengths; (3) use of a pure wave; (4) use of a sharp wave; (5) use of a standard distress wave; (6) signal of distress; (7) use of broad interfering wave for distress signals (see section 321(a) of this title); (8) distance requirement for distress signals; (9) right of way for distress signals (see section 321(b) of this title); (10) reduced power for ships near a Govern- ment station; (11) intercommunication (see section 322 of this title); (12) division of time (see section 323(a) of this title); (13) Government stations to observe divi- sions of time (see section 323(b) of this title); (14) use of