Cal. INS § 1943
This is the official text of Cal. INS § 1943, part of California’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the insurance policies sold in California.
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Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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